The Prediflood database of historical floods in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula) AD 1035–2013, and its potential applications in flood analysis

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4807-4823

  Barriendos, M ^a,b   Ruiz Bellet, J L ^c   Tuset, J ^d   Mazon, J ^e   Balasch, J C ^c   Pino, D ^e   Ayala, J L ^f  

^a Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d Forest Science Centre of Catalonia   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f Arxiu Del Comu Departament de Cultura i Turisme Comu d'Andorra   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CATALONIA; FLOOD EVENT; HISTORICAL FLOODS; HYDRAULIC RECONSTRUCTION; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

FLOODS;

DATABASE; FLOOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDRAULICS; METEOROLOGY;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84917691441     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-4807-2014     Document Type: Article

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