A Study of Two Impactful Heavy Rainfall Events in the Southern Appalachian Mountains during Early 2020, Part I; Societal Impacts, Synoptic Overview, and Historical Context

Miller, Douglas; Forsythe, John; Kusselson, Sheldon; Straka III, William; Yin, Jifu; Zhan, Xiwu; Ferraro, Ralph

doi:10.3390/rs13132452

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A Study of Two Impactful Heavy Rainfall Events in the Southern Appalachian Mountains during Early 2020, Part I; Societal Impacts, Synoptic Overview, and Historical Context

2021
By Miller, Douglas ; Forsythe, John ; Kusselson, Sheldon ; ...
Source: Remote Sens. 2021, 13(13), 2452

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Miller, Douglas ; Forsythe, John ; Kusselson, Sheldon ; Straka III, William ; Yin, Jifu ; ... More +

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Two heavy rainfall events occurring in early 2020 brought flooding, flash flooding, strong winds and tornadoes to the southern Appalachian Mountains. The atmospheric river-influenced events qualified as extreme (top 2.5%) rain events in the archives of two research-grade rain gauge networks located in two different river basins. The earlier event of 5–7 February 2020 was an event of longer duration that caused significant flooding in close proximity to the mountains and had the higher total accumulation observed by the two gauge networks, compared to the later event of 12–13 April 2020. However, its associated downstream flooding response and number of landslides (two) were muted compared to the April event (21). The purpose of this study is to understand differences in the surface response of the two events, primarily by examining the large-scale weather pattern and available space-based observations.
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Atmospheric Rivers Extreme Rainfall Landslides Southern Appalachian Mountains
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Remote Sens. 2021, 13(13), 2452
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