Estimation of peak discharges of historical floods

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4029-4037

  Herget, J ^a   Roggenkamp, T ^a   Krell, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL FLOODS; PEAK DISCHARGE;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; FLOW MODELING; HISTORICAL RECORD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PEAK DISCHARGE; STEADY FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84908047055     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-4029-2014     Document Type: Article

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