Climate Impacts on Extreme Weather
Current to Future Changes on a Local to Global Scale

Presents the science of weather and climate extremes, including advances in the field, along with regional case studies of weather and climate

Victor Ongoma (Edited by), Hossein Tabari (Edited by)

9780323884563, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 23 June 2022

300 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2 cm, 0.88 kg

Climate Impacts on Extreme Weather: Current to Future Changes on a Local to Global Scale presents fundamentals and advances in the science of weather and climate extremes, building on the existing knowledge by using regional and global case studies. The book provides an analysis of historical and future changes, physical processes, measurements, space-time variability, socioeconomic impact, and risk management. It provides policy makers, researchers and students working in climate change with a thorough reference for understanding the diverse impacts of extreme weather and climate change on varying geographic scales. With contributions from experts across the globe, the book utilizes methods, case studies, modeling, and analysis to present valuable, up-to-date knowledge about the interaction of climate change, weather and the many implications of the changing environment.

1. Understanding Weather and Climate Extremes 2. The Role of Climate Datasets in Understanding Climate Extremes 3. Advances in Weather and Climate Extremes 4. Uncertainties in daily rainfall over West Africa: Assessment of Gridded Products 5. Features of Regional Indian Monsoon Rainfall Extremes 6. Historical Changes in Maximum Precipitation Events over Iran 7. Intensification of precipitation extremes in the United States under global warming 8. Historical changes in Hydroclimatic Extreme events over Europe 9. Meteorological Droughts in Semi-arid Eastern Kenya 10. Drought across East Africa under Climate Variability 11. Revisiting the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Idai in Southern Africa 12. Impacts of Climate Extremes over Arctic and Antarctic 13. The Degradation of the Amazon Rainforest: Regional and Global Climate Implications 14. Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Hazards and Coping Mechanisms in Fiji 15. People’s Management of Risks from Extreme Weather Events in the Pacific Island Region 16. Management of Extreme Hydrological Events

Subject Areas: Climate change [RNPG], The environment [RN], Meteorology & climatology [RBP]