Assessing the effects of climate change on precipitation and flood damage in wisconsin

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 888-894

  Schuster, Zachary T ^a   Potter, Kenneth W ^a   Liebl, David S ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Rainfall; Risk management; Water management.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DAMAGE FUNCTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION DEPTHS;

FLOOD DAMAGE; LASERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD DAMAGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STORMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84876809227     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000513     Document Type: Article

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