Reconstruction of the 1874 Santa Tecla's rainstorm in Western Catalonia (NE Spain) from flood marks and historical accounts

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Ruiz Bellet, Josep Lluís
Tuset Mestre, Jordi
Martín de Oliva, Joaquín
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Balasch Solanes, J. Carles (Josep Carles);
Ruiz Bellet, Josep Lluís;
Tuset Mestre, Jordi;
Martín de Oliva, Joaquín;
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(2010)
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Reconstruction of the 1874 Santa Tecla's rainstorm in Western Catalonia (NE Spain) from flood marks and historical accounts.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2010, vol. 10, núm. 11, p. 2317-2325.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-10-2317-2010.
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The Santa Tecla flash flood, a very heavy event
occurred in western Catalonia (NE Spain) in 1874, was reconstructed
with hydraulic and hydrological modelling tools
in three basins. The hydrograph obtained in a first step and
the basin soil moisture information ultimately allowed the
estimation of the range of the rainstorm magnitude which
caused the flash flood. The reconstruction of historical floods
has proved useful to improve the flood probability analysis,
especially in ungauged basins.
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