An overview of synoptic and mesoscale factors contributing to the disastrous Atlanta flood of 2009

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 861-870

  Shepherd, Marshall ^a   Mote, Thomas ^a   Dowd, John ^a   Roden, Mike ^a   Knox, Pamela ^b   McCutcheon, Steven C ^c   Nelson, Steven E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Georgia State Climatologist Office   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d National Weather Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTA; FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; FLOOD-PLAIN DEVELOPMENT; GEORGIA; INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION;

RAIN; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

FLOOD INSURANCE;

EID: 80051714548     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010BAMS3003.1     Document Type: Review

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