Browsing by Subject "Flooding"
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(2017-05-09)With climate change, future storm frequencies and intensities and El Niño events are expected to increase. These have the potential to cause flooding within the Galveston Bay (Texas) watershed as well as other locations. ...
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(2019-07-19)Flooding has historically occurred within coastal areas of Texas due to hurricanes and other catastrophic weather events and continues to be a frequent and costly hazard. One community where flood vulnerability has intensified ...
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(2020-01-08)Flooding, allelopathic varieties, and non-synthetic herbicides are potential options for weed management in organic rice production. However, little research has been conducted on the effectiveness of these tools for weed ...
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(2020-01-08)Flooding, allelopathic varieties, and non-synthetic herbicides are potential options for weed management in organic rice production. However, little research has been conducted on the effectiveness of these tools for weed ...
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(2023-08-02)Floods in the United States have become frequent, causing widespread damage and loss of life (Downton et al., 2005). Several significant floods have occurred in the US recently, such as the 2017 Hurricane Harvey, which ...
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(2015-11-24)An experimental investigation to acquire flooding data using steam/water and air/water fluid pairs at elevated pressures was conducted. This research provides the first flooding data above atmospheric pressure in large diameter ...
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(2017-11-29)Flood damages in the United States continue to increase despite large investments to control stormwater. The rate at which flood damages are increasing significantly outpaces precipitation trends leaving societal trends ...
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(2010-07-14)Flooding inundation during hurricanes has been very costly and dangerous. However, the impact of climate change on hurricane flooding is not well understood at present. As sea surface temperatures increase, it is expected ...
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(2021-12-06)As coastal hazards, such as flooding, continue to grow in severity, the need to examine the influences federal mitigation expenditures has in relation to observable losses identified by the federal government becomes ...
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(2016-04-08)A series of air/water and steam/water flooding experiments were conducted to study the effects of pressure and inlet water flow rate on flooding conditions in a large diameter vertical tube. Flooding is defined as the ...
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(2012-02-14)Between 1850 and 1922, agriculturalists built 1,700 kilometers of levees to convert 250,000 hectares of tidal marsh to farmland where the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers enter the San Francisco Bay (the Delta). Drained, ...
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(2014-04-28)Urban growth contributes to increasing storm water runoff which in turn causes an increase in the frequency and severity of flooding. Moreover, increased storm water runoff contributes to changing the character and volume ...
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(2021-07-15)The year 2020 Common Era (CE) observed the highest number of named tropical cyclone events since the instrumental record began in 1850 CE. Most downscaled models suggest that the frequency and destructive potential of major ...
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(2020-11-11)Many cities around the world are exposed to extreme flooding events. As a result of rapid population growth and urbanization, cities are also likely to become more vulnerable in the future and subsequently, more disruptions ...