Understanding Future Safety of Dams in a Changing Climate

Xiaodong Chen Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, and Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington

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CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Faisal Hossain, fhossain@uw.edu

A supplement to this article is available online (10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0150.2).

© 2019 American Meteorological Society. For information regarding reuse of this content and general copyright information, consult the AMS Copyright Policy (www.ametsoc.org/PUBSReuseLicenses).

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Faisal Hossain, fhossain@uw.edu

A supplement to this article is available online (10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0150.2).

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