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3. WHAT HISTORY TELLS US ABOUT 2015 U.S. DAILY RAINFALL EXTREMES.
- Source :
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society . Dec2016, Vol. 97 Issue 12, pS9-S13. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The article discusses the aggregate occurrences of extreme daily rainfall events in the U.S. in 2015. Among the rainfall events that were discussed include drought, rains, and flash floods in Texas which ends in May, near land-falling Hurricane Joaquin in early October along with the catastrophic flood in South Carolina, and unseasonable rains that inundated the Mississippi basin in December.
- Subjects :
- *RAINFALL probabilities
*RAINFALL frequencies
*HURRICANES
*FLOODS
*LANDSLIDES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00030007
- Volume :
- 97
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120781615
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0166.1