Unravelling past flash flood activity in a forested mountain catchment of the Spanish Central System

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 529, Issue P2, 2015, Pages 468-479

  Ballesteros Cánovas, Juan A ^a,b   Rodríguez Morata, Clara ^b   Garófano Gómez, Virginia ^c,d,e   Rubiales, Juan M ^f   Sánchez Salguero, Raúl ^g,h   Stoffel, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^d Université Blaise Pascal   (France)

^e Laboratoire de geographie physique et environnementale Clermont Ferrand   (France)

^f Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^h SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Flash flood; Hydrometeorological triggers; Paleohydrology; Sierra de guadarrama; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BALLOONS; CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; HAZARDS; METEOROLOGY; RUNOFF;

DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; FLASH FLOOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL TRIGGERS; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FLASH FLOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

FLOODS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84940921903     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.027     Document Type: Article

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