Atmospheric aspects of the 2008 Midwest floods: A repeat of 1993?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1645-1667

  Coleman, Jill S M ^a   Budikova, Dagmar ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2008; Extreme weather; Floods; Midwest; Synoptic climatology; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

2008; EXTREME WEATHER; MIDWEST; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

FLOODS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PERSISTENCE; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); INDIANA; MIDWEST; MISSISSIPPI; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES; WABASH BASIN;

EID: 77956575009     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2009     Document Type: Article

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