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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2665-2019
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Research article
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21 Jun 2019
Research article |
| 21 Jun 2019
| 21 Jun 2019
Contrasting rainfall-runoff characteristics of floods in desert and Mediterranean basins
Davide Zoccatelli
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Francesco Marra
Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Moshe Armon
Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Yair Rinat
Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
James A. Smith
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Efrat Morin
Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Short summary
This study presents a comparison of flood properties over multiple Mediterranean and desert catchments. While in Mediterranean areas floods are related to rainfall amount, in deserts we observed a strong connection with the characteristics of the more intense part of storms. Because of the different mechanisms involved, despite having significantly shorter and more localized storms, deserts are able to produce floods with a magnitude comparable to Mediterranean areas.
This study presents a comparison of flood properties over multiple Mediterranean and desert...
