Causes for record high flood losses in the central United States

Water International

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 223-230

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

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flood losses; Floods; Heavy rainfall; US midwest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034892022     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060108686908     Document Type: Article

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