Trends in flood stages: Contrasting results from the Mississippi and Rhine River systems

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 331, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 554-566

  Pinter, Nicholas ^a   Ickes, Brian S ^b   Wlosinski, Joseph H ^b   van der Ploeg, Rienk R ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Channelization; Flooding; Hydrology; Mississippi River; Rhine River

Indexed keywords

DAMS; HYDROLOGY; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVERS;

CHANNELIZATION; FLOODING; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; RHINE RIVER;

FLOODS;

DAMS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOOD; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND USE; RIVER SYSTEM; TREND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; RHINE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750696987     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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