The 1999 flood of the century in eastern North Carolina: Extraordinary hydro-meteorological event or human-induced catastrophe?

Physical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-120

  Lecce, Scott A ^a   Kotecki, Erica S ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floods; Human impacts; Hurricane Floyd; North Carolina; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS;

CAPE FEAR BASIN; NEUSE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; TAR BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249115108     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.29.2.101     Document Type: Article

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