Evaluating data quality collected by volunteers for first-level inspection of hydraulic structures in mountain catchments

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2681-2698

  Cortes Arevalo, V J ^a,b   Charriere M ^a   Bossi, G ^b   Frigerio, S ^b   Schenato, L ^b   Bogaard, T ^a   Bianchizza, C ^c   Pasuto, A ^b   Sterlacchini, S ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Istituto Di Sociologia Internazionale Di Gorizia   (Italy)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA QUALITY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT;

FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; ITALY;

EID: 84907936178     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-2681-2014     Document Type: Article

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