This article examines whether the temporal clustering of flood events can be explained in terms of climate variability or time‐varying land‐surface state variables.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, R. Vitolo, and D.B. Stephenson. “On the Temporal Clustering of U.S. Floods and Its Relationship to Climate Teleconnection Patterns,” International Journal of Climatology, 33, 3, pp. 629–640, 2013.