A typology of compound weather and climate events

Jakob Zscheischler; Olivia Martius; Seth Westra; Emanuele Bevacqua; Colin Raymond; Radley M. Horton; Bart van den Hurk; Amir AghaKouchak; Aglaé Jézéquel; Miguel D. Mahecha; Douglas Maraun; Alexandre M. Ramos; Nina Ridder; Wim Thiery; Edoardo Vignotto

doi:10.1038/s43017-020-0060-z

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TypologyCompoundingEvent (particle physics)Climate changeHazardAdaptation (eye)Multivariate statisticsComputer scienceRisk analysis (engineering)Environmental resource managementEnvironmental scienceGeographyMachine learningPsychologyBusinessEcology

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Year: 2020
Type: review
Volume: 1
Issue: 7
Pages: 333-347
Citations: 1241
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                                    Jakob Zscheischler, 
                                
                                    Olivia Martius, 
                                
                                    Seth Westra
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            A typology of compound weather and climate events. 
                            Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
                            , 1
                            (7)
                            , 333-347.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-0060-z
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s43017-020-0060-z