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Research and Applications Needs in Flood Hydrology Science A Summary of the October 15, 2008 Workshop of the Planning Committee on Hydrologic Science (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Workshop Background and Objectives
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... lead to increased flood frequency in a warming climate. A complication of making regionally specific predictions of the likelihood of climate change affecting flood frequency is the increasing awareness that methods of planning for hydrologic extremes have become outmoded in an era of global change.
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... and the National Research Council's Water Science and Technology Board. Workshop planning committee members Dennis Lettenmaier, Victor Baker, and David Ford then summarized the history, purpose, and agenda (Appendix C)
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  • future attention
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