The floods of 13–16 October 2000 in Piedmont (Italy): Quantitative precipitation estimates using radar and a network of gauges

Weather

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 337-343

  Gabella, Marco ^a   Mantonvani, Roberta ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

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EID: 85036734486     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.2001.tb06505.x     Document Type: Article

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