Prediction of extreme floods in the eastern Central Andes based on a complex networks approach

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Boers, N ^a,b   Bookhagen, B ^c   Barbosa, H M J ^d   Marwan, N ^b   Kurths, J ^a,b,e,f   Marengo, J A ^g  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; NATURAL HAZARD; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; REAL TIME; SATELLITE DATA; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EL NINO; FORECASTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SOCIETY; SOUTH AMERICA; WIND;

AMAZONIA; ANDES;

EID: 84955517805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6199     Document Type: Article

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