Hydrology and Flooding
AMS Updates
Be There: The Rafael Bras Symposium
The Rafael Bras Symposium at the 106th AMS Annual Meeting honors Rafael L. Bras and explores recent advances and future directions in hydrological science.
Science Spotlights
From Early Warning to Early Action
Key messages from "The Value of Precipitation Forecasts to Anticipate Floods," by Tim Busker (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Bart van den...
Science Spotlights
Eruptions of Rain
Q: While the effects of volcanic eruptions on Earth’s temperature are well known, their impacts on flooding have not been...
Science Spotlights
Finding the drought in plants
0.7–1.25 million years old—The age of plant matter preserved in a column of sediment that was drilled off the coast...
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Research Spotlight: T-REX and the Quest for Sustainable Almonds
A meteorological field project is partnering with orchards to reduce water use in California’s dry climate California is one of...
From AMS Journals
World Water Day: An Integrated Appreciation
Wow! It’s World Water Day, as observed by the United Nations. Pretty much everything AMS is about has to do...
With Floods or Baseball, It's a Game of Percentages
Perhaps no one thought that Game 5 of the World Series would end the way it did. It started with...
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Whose Flood Is It, Anyway?
When water-laden air lifts up the eastern slope of the Rockies, enormous thunderstorms and catastrophic flooding can develop. Americans may remember...
A Year Ago in Oso: Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
At 10:36 a.m. on 22 March 2014, near Oso, Washington, the earth began to move. At first the lower section...
Science Run Amuck
Let no one claim that student hydrologists do not gain a deep understanding of their subject. The University of Wisconsin-Parkside...
