Why extreme floods are more common than you might think

Towe, Ross Paul and Tawn, Jonathan Angus and Lamb, Robert (2018) Why extreme floods are more common than you might think. Significance, 15 (6). pp. 16-21. ISSN 1740-9705

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Abstract

Floods in England and Wales have the potential to cause billions of pounds of damage. You might think such extreme events are rare, but they are likely to occur more frequently than expected.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Significance

Additional Information:

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Towe, R. , Tawn, J. and Lamb, R. (2018), Why extreme floods are more common than you might think. Significance, 15: 16-21. doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01209.x which has been published in final form at https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01209.x This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2600/2613

Subjects:

?? statistics and probability ??

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > School of Computing & Communications
Faculty of Science and Technology > Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre

ID Code:

129297

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

11 Dec 2018 13:50

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

26 Oct 2024 00:19

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/129297