A compound event framework for understanding extreme impacts

Climate and weather variables such as rainfall, temperature, and pressure are indicators for hazards such as tropical cyclones, floods, and fires. The impact of these events can be due to a single variable being in an extreme state, but more often it is the result of a combination of variables not a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leonard, M., Westra, S., Phatak, Aloke, Lambert, M., van den Hurk, B., Mcinnes, K., Risbey, J., Schuster, S., Jakob, D., Stafford-Smith, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32713