A hydroclimatological analysis of the red river of the north snowmelt flood catastrophe of 1997

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1263-1278

  Todhunter, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood forecasting; Flood hydroclimatology; Northern Great Plains; Red River of the North; Snowmelt flooding

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW;

SNOWMELT FLOODS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; SNOWMELT; URBAN AREA;

RED RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035658235     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2001.tb03637.x     Document Type: Article

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