Open AccessHow Infrastructure Standards Miss the Mark on Snowmelt
Author(s) -
Jackie Rocheleau
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 - 10.1029/2020eo150416
Subject(s) - snowmelt , computer science , environmental science , snow , meteorology , geography
Nationwide, civil engineers consider precipitation values from NOAA to design their structures. But those values are missing another contributor to flood risk: snowmelt.