The 2011 flood event in the Assiniboine River Basin: causes, assessment and damages

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 74-84

  Blais, Eric Lorne ^a,d   Greshuk, Jeremy ^b,d   Stadnyk, Tricia ^c,d  

^a AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d CWRA ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; FLOOD CONTROL; LAKES; MOISTURE; RAIN; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WIND EFFECTS;

ANTECEDENT MOISTURE; DAMAGE ESTIMATES; FROST PENETRATIONS; MOISTURE LEVEL; NATURAL CONDITIONS; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SNOW WATER CONTENT; WINTER SNOWPACK;

FLOODS;

EID: 84957871961     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2015.1046139     Document Type: Review

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