Strong influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation on flood risk around the world

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 15659-15664

  Ward, Philip J ^a   Jongman, Brenden ^a   Kummu, Matti ^b   Dettinger, Michael D ^c,d   Weiland, Frederiek C Sperna ^e   Winsemius, Hessel C ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c San Diego   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate variability; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Flood hazard; Flood risk; Global scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EL NINO; FLOODING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BENZOCAINE;

BENZOCAINE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 85044016304     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409822111     Document Type: Article

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