Flood characterisation of the Haor region of Bangladesh using flood index

Hydrology Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 824-835

  Suman, Asadusjjaman ^a   Bhattacharya, Biswa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Flood characteristics; Flood index; Flood risk management; Haor

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

BANGLADESH; FLOOD CHARACTERISTICS; FLOOD INDEX; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; HAOR;

FLOODS;

FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROGRAPH; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84943236004     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2014.065     Document Type: Article

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