Tropical storms and the flood hydrology of the central Appalachians

Water Resources Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2143-2168

  Sturdevant Rees, Paula ^a   Smith, James A ^b   Morrison, Julia ^b   Baeck, Mary Lynn ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; HURRICANE EFFECTS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

TROPICAL STORMS;

FLOODS;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HURRICANE; RAIN;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; HURRICANE; PEAK FLOW; RAINBAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034915655     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900310     Document Type: Article

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