Vulnerability of the Amazon basin to extreme hydroclimatic events
José Daniel Pabón-Caicedo, Rosa del Pilar Ycaza, Fanny Friend +3 authors
Due to their impact and coverage area, floods and droughts are the most relevant extreme hydroclimatic events in the Amazon. With series from the standardised precipitation index (SPI), events were counted with values above 2.0 (extreme excesses) or below -2.0 (extreme deficit), establishing that t...