Abstract Study region Madeira Island, Portugal (a small island of the North Atlantic Ocean).
Study focus Droughts from January 1937 to December 2016, were studied using monthly …

Parasitic diseases can affect animal health and welfare, and they may also constitute a
danger to public health, particularly in island ecosystems. Fecal samples were collected …

The hydrographic basin of Ribeira Grande (S. Miguel Island, Azores) has a set of
characteristics that enhance the occurrence of shallow slides that have been triggered by …

Current-day volcanic activity in the Azores archipelago is characterized by seismic events
and secondary manifestations of volcanism. Remote sensing techniques have been widely …

The paper refers to a study on droughts in a small Portuguese Atlantic island, namely
Madeira. The study aimed at addressing the problem of dependent drought events and at …

Abstract Changes in the rainfall amounts in a small island in the North Atlantic Ocean—
Madeira Island—were analysed based on complete daily rainfall series aggregated into 1 …

This paper explores practical applications of bivariate modelling via copulas of two likely
dependent random variables, ie, of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) coupled with …

Extremal dependence or independence may occur among the components of univariate or
bivariate random vectors. Assessing which asymptotic regime occurs and also its extent are …