New forecasting method: Predicting extreme floods in the Andes mountains

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 12:00 in Earth & Climate

Predicting floods following extreme rainfall in the central Andes is enabled by a new method. Climate change has made these events more frequent and more severe in recent decades. Now complex networks analysis of satellite weather data makes it possible to produce a robust warning system for the first time.

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