Jon Woodruff, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jon Woodruff, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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UMass Amherst geoscientist Jon Woodruff says it is a great value for any major city to extend the historical record as far back as possible because it's hard to come up with an accurate estimate of a 100-year storm based on only a few decades of data.

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UMass Amherst

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