Estimation of flood risk thresholds in Mediterranean areas using rainfall indicators: case study of Valencian Region (Spain)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1243-1266

  Camarasa Belmonte, Ana M ^a   Butron D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall; Flood risk; Forecast; Indicator; Mediterranean; Warning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84938966296     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1769-8     Document Type: Article

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