Hydrologic versus geomorphic drivers of trends in flood hazard

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 370-376

  Slater, Louise J ^a,b   Singer, Michael Bliss ^a,c   Kirchner, James W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

climate change; flood frequency; flood hazard trends; hazards; morphodynamics; streamflow

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD INSURANCE; HAZARDS; STREAM FLOW;

FLOOD FLOW; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; MAJOR HAZARDS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NONSTATIONARY; RIVER CHANNELS;

FLOODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923594554     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062482     Document Type: Article

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