Coastal Oceanographic effects of summer 1993 Mississippi River flooding

dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noGB 1399.4 .M72 C63 1994 GBAYen_US
dc.call-noGB 1399.4 .M72 C63 1994en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.editorDowgiallo, Michael J.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:19:28Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:19:28Z
dc.date.issued1994en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description77 pgs.en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993 caused significant changes to the landscape throughout the Midwest and ultimately to the coastal ocean. Normal late summer Mississippi River flows are markedly lower than the large amounts of freshwater that flow into the northern Gulf in spring and early summer. Since the flooding occurred at the time of year when flows into the Gulf of Mexico are normally lowest, the timing of the event and its oceanographic effects are of particular interest because of the exposure of marine ecosystems to abnormally large amounts of diluted seawater and the associated pulse of land-based pollutants.... This event has been well-documented by researchers in Gulf and East Coast states. A concerted effort to track the effects of this major natural event on the coastal ocean required a broad spectrum of information from Federal and state agencies and universities. This report provides information on weather, streamflow, and oceanography, and describes detectable impacts in the coastal marine environment from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River outflows to the coast of North Carolina. This assessment was jointly produced by the NOAA Coastal Ocean Office and the National Weather Service.... While this report focuses upon the detectable changes in the coastal marine environment immediately following the flood event, longer term effects of the flooding will be better understood as scientists continue to study the coastal environments where the immediate effects were seen.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeMississippi Riveren_US
dc.geo-codeGulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.history7/20/07 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23780
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collection; TAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
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dc.notesMarch 1994; Special NOAA Reporten_US
dc.placeSilver Spring, MDen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Serviceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries5147.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectfloodsen_US
dc.subjectfloodingen_US
dc.subjectflood damageen_US
dc.subjectoceanographyen_US
dc.subjectcoastalen_US
dc.titleCoastal Oceanographic effects of summer 1993 Mississippi River floodingen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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