Estimating monetary damages from flooding in the United States under a changing climate

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-229

  Wobus, C ^a   Lawson, M ^a   Jones, R ^a   Smith, J ^a   Martinich, J ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Modelling; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905683974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12043     Document Type: Article

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