Book chapter
Forecasting a Record Flood
A Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008, pp.53-60
University of Iowa Press
2010
DOI: 10.2307/j.ctt20mvd5n.11
Abstract
In Iowa, nearly everyone has used weather forecasts to make everyday decisions—such as how to dress for the day, or whether it is time to plant crops. We know that weather forecasts are not perfect. But from our everyday experience, we also know that forecasts do not have to be perfect to be useful.
In contrast, the public looks at river forecasts only when a river is expected to overflow its banks. When it comes to using a flood forecast to make a decision, the stakes are very high—such as how to place sandbags to keep a building...
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Forecasting a Record Flood
- Creators
- Allen Bradley
- Contributors
- Cornelia F Mutel (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- A Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008, pp.53-60
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press; Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- DOI
- 10.2307/j.ctt20mvd5n.11
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2010
- Academic Unit
- IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984573938602771
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