Event-adjusted evaluation of weather and climate extremes

After an overview of existing methods, we present a novel method of "event-adjusted" evaluation of extremeness of weather and climate events. It is based on optimization of both the considered area and the time duration for every event. The method consists of three steps: (i) estimation of...

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Main Authors: M. Müller, M. Kaspar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-02-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/14/473/2014/nhess-14-473-2014.pdf