Research and Funding Research Projects
Quantifying the impact of land cover change and of climate change on floods in Northeastern Illinois
Major Goals and Objectives
- Identify the contributions of land cover change and climate change on increasing flood discharges
- Provide tools to assist in projections of future flood magnitudes that can be used with existing management practices to reduce flooding impacts
- Provide input for flood study prioritization through a comparison of published regulatory discharges with flood discharges computed for current conditions
- Investigate possible future impacts of changes in land cover and precipitation on flood peaks
Research Information
Principal Investigator:
Momcilo Markus
Momcilo Markus
Initiation Date:
2004
2004
Completion Date:
2007
2007
Affiliation:
Illinois State Water Survey
Illinois State Water Survey
Contacts
Momcilo Markus
mmarkus@illinois.edu
mmarkus@illinois.edu