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Preferred term

event

Definition

  • Things happening in an uncontrolled way to nature (e.g. draught, floods, fire, storm).

Broader concept

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

Editorial note

  • pThings happening in an uncontrolled way to nature (e.g. draught, floods, fire, storm). Not human induced events, natural process happening irregularly and unpredictable in time. Is a property of the environment of a system (external drivers). e.g. wind

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/10056

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