Loss potentials associated with European windstorms under future climate conditions

Climate Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Pinto, Joaquim G ^a   Karremann, Melanie K ^a   Born, Kai ^a   Della Marta, Paul M ^b   Klawa, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Partner Reinsurance Europe Limited   (Switzerland)

^c DeutscheRück AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extreme value analysis; Future climate change; Insurance; Property losses; Risk; Storm damage; Uncertainty; Windstorm

Indexed keywords

EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS; FUTURE CLIMATE; PROPERTY LOSS; STORM DAMAGE; UNCERTAINTY; WINDSTORM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; INSURANCE; RISKS;

STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLONE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STORM; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84865246609     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01111     Document Type: Article

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