Impact of uncertainty in rainfall estimation on the identification of rainfall thresholds for debris flow occurrence

Geomorphology

Volumn 221, Issue , 2014, Pages 286-297

  Nikolopoulos, Efthymios I ^a   Crema, Stefano ^a,b   Marchi, Lorenzo ^b   Marra, Francesco ^a   Guzzetti, Fausto ^c   Borga, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Precipitation threshold; Rainfall estimation; Raingauge network design

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADIGE RIVER; ITALY;

EID: 84903902830     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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