Annual floods in new england (USA) and atlantic canada: Synoptic climatology and generating mechanisms

Physical Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-219

  Collins, Mathias J ^a   Kirk, Johnathan P ^b   Pettit, Joshua ^c   Degaetano, Arthur T ^d   McCown, M Sam ^e   Peterson, Thomas C ^e   Means, Tiffany N ^f   Zhang, Xuebin ^g  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Baldwin Group   (United States)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

floods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901033348     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2014.888510     Document Type: Article

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