Flash flood occurrence and relation to the rainfall hazard in a highly urbanized area

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1859-1871

  Papagiannaki, K ^a   Lagouvardos, K ^a   Kotroni, V ^a   Bezes, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 84939789179     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-15-1859-2015     Document Type: Article

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