Triggers to severe floods: extreme rainfall and antecedent wetness

Duncan Reed

doi:10.1680/wrare.16927.0025

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Triggers to severe floods: extreme rainfall and antecedent wetness

Duncan Reed

Year: 1992 Pages: 219-228

DOI: 10.1680/wrare.16927.0025

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Abstract

A method is presented which explores the combination of rainfall and antecedent catchment wetness that is most effective in explaining the seasonal pattern of flooding observed on particular catchments.

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Antecedent (behavioral psychology) Environmental science Geography Hydrology (agriculture) Geology Psychology Geotechnical engineering Social psychology

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Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Physical Sciences → Environmental Science → Global and Planetary Change

Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Physical Sciences → Environmental Science → Global and Planetary Change

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