A global quantification of compound precipitation and wind extremes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 7709-7717

  Martius, Olivia ^a   Pfahl, Stephan ^b   Chevalier, Clément ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

compound extremes; cyclones; extreme precipitation; extreme weather; extreme wind

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; WIND;

COASTAL REGIONS; COMPOUND EXTREMES; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME WEATHER; EXTREME WINDS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84979300153     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070017     Document Type: Article

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