Open AccessHigh Water: Prolonged Flooding on the Deltaic Mississippi River
Author(s) -
N. M. Gasparini,
Brendan Yuill
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo141465
Subject(s) - flooding (psychology) , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , water resource management , water flooding , geology , petroleum engineering , geotechnical engineering , psychology , psychotherapist
Changing climate and land use practices are bringing extended periods of high water to the lower Mississippi River. New management practices are needed to protect people, industry, and the land.