Flooding in the United States Midwest, 2008

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1775, 2010, Pages 1-63

  Holmes Jr , Robert R ^a   Koenig, Todd A ^a   Karstensen, Krista A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITY; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; MISSOURIS; NEBRASKA; OKLAHOMA; SATURATED SOILS; SOUTH DAKOTAS; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; WISCONSIN;

STREAM FLOW;

FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; PEAK FLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864186046     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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