A global analysis of the asymmetric effect of ENSO on extreme precipitation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 530, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-65

  Sun, Xun ^a   Renard, Benjamin ^b   Thyer, Mark ^c   Westra, Seth ^c   Lang, Michel ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric relationship; Bayesian regional modeling; Climate informed model; ENSO; Extreme precipitation; GEV distribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; NICKEL; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ASYMMETRIC RELATIONSHIP; ENSO; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GEV DISTRIBUTIONS; REGIONAL MODEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84943536671     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.09.016     Document Type: Article

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