Hyper-dry conditions provide new insights into the cause of extreme floods after wildfire

Catena

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-63

  Moody, John A ^a   Ebel, Brian A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyper dry; Retention curve; Soil moisture; Unsaturated; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CAPILLARITY; DEBRIS FLOW; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; GRAVITY; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; RETENTION; REWETTING; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER VAPOR; WILDFIRE; WIND VELOCITY;

BOULDER; COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857252101     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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