Predictability of state-level flood damage in the conterminous United States: The role of hazard, exposure and vulnerability

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zhou, Qianqian ^a,b   Leng, Guoyong ^b   Feng, Leyang ^b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPLAND; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 85023739913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05773-4     Document Type: Article

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