Flood Processes and Hazards

Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 3-33

  Viglione, Alberto ^a   Rogger, Magdalena ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black swan; Dominant processes; Flood frequency hydrology; Flood types

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HAZARDS;

BLACK SWAN; CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS; CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS; DAM BREAK FLOODS; DOMINANT PROCESS; FLOOD FREQUENCY; RUNOFF GENERATION; SOIL SATURATION;

FLOODS;

EID: 84941965301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394846-5.00001-1     Document Type: Chapter

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