A multiscale analysis of an ice jam flood on the Pemigewasset River in central New Hampshire on 26 February 2017

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dc.contributor.advisorCordeira, Jason M.
dc.contributor.authorSanders, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-03T14:46:38Z
dc.date.available2020-12-03T14:46:38Z
dc.date.issued5/3/2018
dc.descriptionIce jams and their floods occur during winter and spring in the northeastern U.S. and can have locally high impacts. A high-impact ice jam flood formed on the Pemigewasset River between Ashland and Plymouth on 26 February 2017. The rain from the cold front combined with precursor above freezing temperatures and a deep ripening snowpack to produce enhanced streamflow, ice break-up, damming, and flooding in Holderness that resulted in dozens of Plymouth State University students losing their vehicles. The first two weeks of February in featured below freezing temperatures and a series of heavy snowfall events in New Hampshire that led to frozen rivers and a deep snowpack. A large-scale regime transition by mid-February resulted in temperatures exceeding 10°C above normal during 18-25 February, which ripened the snowpack and led to total snow-water equivalent losses >10 cm over the Pemigewasset watershed. In the six hours leading up to the cold frontal passage, deep-moist southerly flow and snow-to-rain melting levels at 2000-2200 m were present over the region. The 3-5 cm of rainfall associated with the cold front in addition to the increased snowmelt led to the enhanced streamflow, ice dam, and flooding on the Pemigewasset River.
dc.description.abstractStudent Showcase of Research & Engagement 2018
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dc.identifier.legacyhttps://digitalcommons.plymouth.edu/showcase/2018/posters/35
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12774/115
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPlymouth State University
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dc.subjectice jam
dc.subjectflood
dc.subjectatmospheric river
dc.subjectPemigewasset
dc.subjectStudent Showcase of Research & Engagement 2018
dc.titleA multiscale analysis of an ice jam flood on the Pemigewasset River in central New Hampshire on 26 February 2017
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