Trends in flash flood events versus convective precipitation in the Mediterranean region: The case of Catalonia

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-37

  Llasat, Maria Carmen ^a   Marcos, Raul ^b   Turco, Marco ^b   Gilabert, Joan ^a   Llasat Botija, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convective precipitation; Flash floods; Mediterranean; Trend analysis; parameter

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GAGES; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE DETECTION; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; FLASH FLOOD; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATABASE; FLASH FLOOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84995436693     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.05.040     Document Type: Article

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