Precipitation and damaging floods: Trends in the United States, 1932-97

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3625-3637

  Pielke R A , Jr ^a   Downton, M W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOOD DAMAGE; HYDROLOGY; RAIN;

CLIMATE FACTORS; GLOBAL HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; SOCIETAL FACTORS;

FLOODS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD DAMAGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034301103     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3625:padfti>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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