Title: Defining Extreme Events: A Cross-Disciplinary Review
Author: McPhillips, L. E., Chang, H., Chester, M. V., Depietri, Y., Friedman, E., Grimm, N. B., Kominoski, J. S., McPhearson, T., Méndez-Lázaro, P., Rosi, E. J., & Shafiei Shiva, J.
Year: 2018
Type of Resource: Research Article
Copyright: Open Article

Short Description:
A review of academic literature to elucidate how six major disciplines – climatology, earth sciences, ecology, engineering, hydrology, and social sciences – define and communicate extreme events. The results highlight critical disciplinary differences in the language used to communicate extreme events.

External link: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017EF000686