Used in conjunction with soil moisture accounting models and areal rainfall data, they form the basis of the US National Weather Service (NWS) flash flood watch/warning program. As part of their modernization and enhancement effort, the NWS determined that improved flash flood guidance and thus ...
The monitoring plan requires a baseline map of wetland type and areal extent and adjacent land, as well as periodic updates. Such a map has been lacking in comprehensive form for the basin. In the past, mapping efforts have stopped at political boundaries. On the United States (U.S.) ...