Extreme weather and landslide initiation in coastal British Columbia

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 417-428

  Guthrie, R H ^a,b   Mitchell, S J ^c   Lanquaye Opoku, N ^c   Evans, S G ^b  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EXTREME WEATHER; HYDROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; LANDSLIDE MANAGEMENT; MESOSCALE; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; RAIN-ON-SNOW; RAINFALL INTENSITY; TRANSITION ZONES; WARMING CLIMATE; WIND SPEED; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN;

CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; RAIN; SNOW; STORMS;

LANDSLIDES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WATERSHED; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 78649410941     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-119     Document Type: Article

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