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Apr 26, 2012
El Nino - La Nina Implications on Flood Hazard Mitigation
Authors: Richard H. French [email protected] and Julianne J. Miller [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resource Congress 2006: Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns
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The effects of El Nino and La Nina periods on the maximum daily winter period depths of precipitation are examined using records from five precipitation gages on the Nevada Test Site. The potential implications of these effects are discussed.
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World Environmental and Water Resource Congress 2006: Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns
Pages: 1 - 11
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© 2006 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Climate change
- Climates
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Environmental engineering
- Floods
- Meteorology
- Mitigation and remediation
- Natural disasters
- Occupational safety
- Practice and Profession
- Precipitation
- Public administration
- Public health and safety
- Safety
- Seasonal variations
- Water and water resources
- Water management
- Water policy
- Water resources
- Winter
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Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249-0668. E-mail: [email protected]
Associate, Research Hydrologist, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119-7363. E-mail: [email protected]
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