Analysis of changes in extreme weather events using extreme indices

Environmental Engineering Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-183

  Kim, Byung Sik ^a   Yoon, Young Han ^b   Lee, Hyun Dong ^b,c  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme indices; Extreme weather events; Statistical diagnostic

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME INDICES; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; NATURAL DISASTERS; OBSERVED DATA; STATISTICAL DIAGNOSTIC;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 80053948624     PISSN: 12261025     EISSN: 2005968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4491/eer.2011.16.3.175     Document Type: Article

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