Open AccessSoil Saturation Dictates Africa’s Flood Severity
Author(s) -
Ellis A. Avallone
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo161337
Subject(s) - flood myth , saturation (graph theory) , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , soil science , geography , geology , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , archaeology , combinatorics
The most complete hydrological data set for the African continent reveals a surprise: Soil moisture, not heavy precipitation, best explains the timing of Africa’s most severe floods.
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