Flooding associated with predecessor rain events over the Midwest United States

Flooding associated with predecessor rain events over the Midwest United States

This paper examines the severity and extent of flooding caused by six predecessor rain events (PREs) over the Midwest United States. PREs are areas of heavy rainfall that occur about 1000 km ahead of landfalling tropical cyclones. While recent studies have mostly focused on the synoptic conditions a...

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Main Authors: Scott T Rowe, Gabriele Villarini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
92.60.-e
92.40.-t
92.40.Qk
predecessor rainfall
flooding
Midwest US
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024007

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024007

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