Flooding in the United States Midwest, 2008 /

Flooding in the United States Midwest, 2008 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Holmes, Robert R., 1965-
Imprint:	Reston, Va. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, [63] p.) : ill., maps.
Language:	English
Series:	Professional paper ; 1775 U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; no. 1775.
Subject:	Floods -- Middle West. Flood damage -- Middle West. Flood damage. Floods. Middle West.
Format:	E-Resource U.S. Federal Government Document Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8388582

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Other authors / contributors:	Koenig, Todd A. Karstensen, Krista A. Geological Survey (U.S.)
Notes:	Title from PDF title screen (usgs.gov, viewed May 18, 2011). Tables display in parallel columns.
Other form:	Print version: Holmes, Robert R., 1965- Flooding in the United States Midwest, 2008
GPO item no.:	0624 (online)
Govt.docs classification:	I 19.16:1775

Table of Contents:

The role of the U.S. Geological Survey in flood response
2008 flooding: causes, chronology, and magnitude
Antecedent conditions for the 2008 Midwest flooding
Chronology and magnitude of flooding: January through September 2008
2008 flooding: comparison with historic floods
2008 flooding: annual exceedance probability
Effects of the 2008 flooding on annual exceedance probability estimates
Trends in flood maxima.