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"@context": "http://schema.org/", "@type": "WebPage", "additionalType": "Project", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wyoming-montana-water-science-center/science/flooding-and-high-flow-conditions-wyoming-and", "headline": "Flooding and High-Flow Conditions in Wyoming and Montana", "datePublished": "March 26, 2018", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brian L Loving", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/brian-l-loving", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-8701-9905" } } ], "description": [ { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Montana:" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Wyoming:" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "A percentile is a value on a scale of one hundred that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Current Flooding and High-Flow Conditions:\n(Current-conditions data are provisional and subject to change)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Flood stages are determined by the NWS; not all USGS streamgages have flood stages. A depiction of other streamgages at or above flood stage is available the NWS River Conditions Map." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "How can a 100-year flood strike twice in 15 years? This is a downloadable poster discussing the meaning and use of probability language in flood characterization.\nPoster: 100-Year Flood--It's All About Chance" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The USGS monitors flood and high-flow conditions at more than 300 streamgages across Montana and Wyoming. Water level and flow information are used by the National Weather Service (NWS) to make accurate flood forecasts. High-flow conditions are expressed as percentiles comparing current (within the past few hours) instantaneous flow to historical daily mean flow for all days of the year." } ], "funder": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wyoming-montana-water-science-center" }, "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science Technology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analysis" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Energy" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Flood" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Environmental Health" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Information Systems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Floods and Droughts" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geology" } ]
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