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100-Year Flood – It’s All About Chance
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2017 Flood System Status Report
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California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | August 10, 2017...SummaryThis report is intended to assist flood management planners and engineers in characterizing facilities within the State Plan of Flood Control (SPFC) and...
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A Guide to Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) Delineation for Non-Perennial Streams in the Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast Region of the United States
A Guide to Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) Delineation for Non-Perennial Streams in the Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast Region of the United States
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) | August 14, 2014...SummaryFederal regulations define the ordinary high water mark (OHWM) as “that line on the shore established by the fluctuations of water and indicated...
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A rationale for effective post-fire debris flow mitigation within forested terrain
A rationale for effective post-fire debris flow mitigation within forested terrain
Geoenvironmental Disasters, Springer | May 25, 2018...SummaryWatersheds recently burned by wildfires are recognized as having an increased susceptibility to debris flow occurrence. The great majority occur within the first 2...
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A shift from drought to extreme rainfall drives a stable landslide to catastrophic failure
A shift from drought to extreme rainfall drives a stable landslide to catastrophic failure
Nature | February 7, 2019...SummaryThe addition of water on or below the earth’s surface generates changes in stress that can trigger both stable and unstable sliding of...
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A study of methods to estimate debris flow velocity
A study of methods to estimate debris flow velocity
Landslides, Springer | September 16, 2019...SummaryDebris flow velocities are commonly back-calculated from superelevation events which require subjective estimates of radii of curvature of bends in the debris flow...
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A tale of two California droughts: Lessons amidst record warmth and dryness in a region of complex physical and human geography
A tale of two California droughts: Lessons amidst record warmth and dryness in a region of complex physical and human geography
American Geophysical Union (AGU) | November 19, 2015...SummaryThe state of California has experienced the worst drought in its historical record during 2012–2015. Adverse effects of this multi year event have been...
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A Twenty-First-Century California Observing Network for Monitoring Extreme Weather Events
A Twenty-First-Century California Observing Network for Monitoring Extreme Weather Events
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, American Meteorological Society | August 27, 2013...SummaryDuring Northern Hemisphere winters, the West Coast of North America is battered by extratropical storms. The impact of these storms is of paramount...
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Accounting for Water “Wasted to the Sea”
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San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (UC Davis) | April 19, 2018...SummaryFreshwater outflow from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta is a contentious management issue. Once mixed with salt water of San Francisco Bay, outflow is...
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Age Determination of the Remaining Peat in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, California, USA
$0.00Age Determination of the Remaining Peat in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, California, USA
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | October 9, 2007...SummaryThe Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta of California was once a 1,400 square kilometer (km2) tidal marsh, which contained a vast layer of peat ranging...
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