Recent trends in U.S. flood risk

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 12,428-12,436

  Slater, Louise J ^a   Villarini, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

basin wetness; flood; precipitation; risk; stage; water storage

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISKS; STAGES; WATER RESOURCES;

BASIN WETNESS; DISCHARGE MAGNITUDE; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

FLOODS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85007289685     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071199     Document Type: Article

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