Dependence of drivers affects risks associated with compound events

Science Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Zscheischler, Jakob ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EXTREMES; CO-OCCURRENCE; DEPENDENCE STRUCTURES; DESIGN ADAPTATIONS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MULTIVARIATE EXTREMES; RISKS ASSESSMENTS; UNIVARIATE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DRIVER; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 85034098392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700263     Document Type: Article

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