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FOCA: a new quality-controlled database of floods and catchment descriptors in Italy
Pierluigi Claps
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Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy
Giulia Evangelista
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy
Daniele Ganora
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy
Paola Mazzoglio
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy
Irene Monforte
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy
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FOCA (Italian FlOod and Catchment Atlas) is the first systematic collection of data on Italian river catchments. It comprises geomorphological, soil, land cover, NDVI, climatological and extreme rainfall catchment attributes. FOCA also contains 631 peak and daily discharge time series covering the 1911–2016 period. Using this first nationwide data collection, a wide range of applications, in particular flood studies, can be undertaken within the Italian territory.
FOCA (Italian FlOod and Catchment Atlas) is the first systematic collection of data on Italian...
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