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Geophysical Research Letters, 2017 Gridded hourly precipitation observations over the conterminous U.S., from 1948 to 2002, are analyzed to determine climatological characteristics of storm precipitation totals.
M. A. Lamjiri +3 more
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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020 Does economic activity move away from areas that are at high risk of recurring shocks? We examine this question in the context of floods, which displaced more than 650 million people worldwide in the last 35 years. We study large urban floods using spatially detailed inundation maps and night lights data spanning the globe’s cities.
Kocornik-Mina, Adriana +3 more
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If Precipitation Extremes Are Increasing, Why Aren't Floods?
Water Resources Research, 2018 Despite evidence of increasing precipitation extremes, corresponding evidence for increases in flooding remains elusive. If anything, flood magnitudes are decreasing despite widespread claims by the climate community that if precipitation extremes ...
Ashish Sharma, C. Wasko, D. Lettenmaier
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The sharing of flood waters in the Ksours of Ghardaia and Berriane (Algeria) hydraulic study [PDF]
, 2019 The present article deals with two systems of sharing flood waters used in the oases of Ghardaïa and Berriane. Based on bibliographic work, and data collection and investigations performed during the period between 2006 and 2018 near the Ksourian ...
Khelifa, Ali, Remini, Boualem
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Global prediction of extreme floods in ungauged watersheds
NatureFloods are one of the most common natural disasters, with a disproportionate impact in developing countries that often lack dense streamflow gauge networks1.
G. Nearing +17 more
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Selected Crater and Small Caldera Lakes in Alaska: Characteristics and Hazards
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 This study addresses the characteristics, potential hazards, and both eruptive and non-eruptive role of water at selected volcanic crater lakes in Alaska. Crater lakes are an important feature of some stratovolcanoes in Alaska.
Christopher F. Waythomas
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Floods evolution in the Mediterranean region in a context of climate and environmental change
Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2021 Floods are the most important risk in the Mediterranean region, both due to their frequency and impact. Studies of historical floods show flood-rich periods that could be associated with climate causes, but there is also a certain growing trend as a ...
María Carmen Llasat
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Glacial lake outburst floods as drivers of fluvial erosion in the Himalaya
Science, 2018 A sudden outburst of erosion Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are exactly what they sound like. The sudden emptying of a glacial lake in high-topography regions like the Himalaya can quickly destroy everything in its path. Cook et al.
K. Cook +4 more
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A review of the processes and effects of droughts and summer floods in rivers and threats due to climate change on current adaptive strategies [PDF]
, 2012 Europe is expected to experience a greater frequency of floods and droughts as precipitation and evapotranspiration patterns are modified by climate change in future.
Baker, Roger +3 more
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