Phenomena and Processes

Extreme Weather

Events that have extreme values of important meteorological variables. Extreme is generally defined as either taking maximum values or exceedance above pre-existing high thresholds. Such events are generally rare; for example, extreme wind speeds exceeding the 100-year return value, which have a probability of only 0.01 of occurring in any particular year. (Stephenson, 2008)

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Events that have extreme values of important meteorological variables. Extreme is generally defined as either taking maximum values or exceedance above pre-existing high thresholds. Such events are generally rare; for example, extreme wind speeds exceeding the 100-year return value, which have a probability of only 0.01 of occurring in any particular year. (Stephenson, 2008)

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  • Weather, Extreme

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2020

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  • Weather (2014-2019)

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  1. G16.500.275w.063w.725w.232w
  2. G16.500.750.775w.291w
  3. N06.230w.300.100w.725w.193w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Extreme Weather. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000080165. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000080165
  2. Extreme Weather. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather
  3. Extreme Weather. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1277161