Extreme flood events in the Bolivian Amazon wetlands

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages 293-308

  Ovando, A ^a   Tomasella, J ^a   Rodriguez, D A ^a   Martinez, J M ^b   Siqueira Junior, J L ^a   Pinto, G L N ^a   Passy, P ^c   Vauchel, P ^b   Noriega, L ^d   von Randow, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología SENAMHI   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Flood dynamics; Llanos de Moxos; Remote sensing; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959500162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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