Growing Spatial Scales of Synchronous River Flooding in Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 1423-1428

  Berghuijs, Wouter R ^a   Allen, Scott T ^a   Harrigan, Shaun ^b   Kirchner, James W ^a,c,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

catchment; flood; hazard

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS;

FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD RISKS; RIVER FLOODING; SPATIAL SCALE;

FLOODS;

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

EUROPE;

EID: 85061284832     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2018GL081883     Document Type: Article

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