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05 Sep 2019
Research article |
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SMC-Flood database: a high-resolution press database on flood cases for the Spanish Mediterranean coast (1960–2015)
Salvador Gil-Guirado
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Interuniversity Institute of Geography, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain
Alfredo Pérez-Morales
Department of Geography, University of Murcia, Campus de la Merced,
30001 Murcia, Spain
Francisco Lopez-Martinez
Department of Geography, University of Murcia, Campus de la Merced,
30001 Murcia, Spain
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In this study the SMC-Flood database for the municipalities of the Mediterranean coast of mainland Spain is presented. This database has enabled the reconstruction of 3008 cases of flooding on a municipal scale between 1960 and 2015. The data analysis reveals a growing trend in the frequency and area affected by flood cases. The main novelty lies in the fact that we have detected a clear latitudinal gradient of growing intensity and severity of flood cases with a north–south direction.
In this study the SMC-Flood database for the municipalities of the Mediterranean coast of...
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