Pervasive wetland flooding in the glacial drift prairie of North Dakota (USA)

Natural Hazards

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-88

  Todhunter, Paul E ^a   Rundquist, Bradley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed lakes; Flood hazard; Glacial drift prairie; Landuse land cover change; Remote sensing; Wetland flooding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DATA SET; FLOODING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PRAIRIE; REMOTE SENSING; WETLAND;

NELSON COUNTY [NORTH DAKOTA]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449137564     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9182-6     Document Type: Article

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