Defining single extreme weather events in a climate perspective

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1557-1568

  Cattiaux, Julien ^a   Ribes, Aurélien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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EID: 85052676257     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0281.1     Document Type: Article

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