Record flood-producing rainstorms of 17-18 July 1996 in the Chicago metropolitan area. Part I: Synoptic and mesoscale features

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-265

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a   Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; RAINSTORM;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032695436     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0257:RFPROJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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