Floods in a changing climate

Geography Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-115

  Andersen, Theresa K ^a   Marshall Shepherd, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOWMELT; WARMING;

EID: 84874062235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12025     Document Type: Article

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