Tropical Extremes
Natural Variability and Trends

A state-of-the-art compilation of observational and modeling issues underlying the science of tropical extremes

Venugopal Vuruputur (Edited by), Jai Sukhatme (Edited by), Raghu Murtugudde (Edited by), Rémy Roca (Edited by)

9780128092484, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 3 September 2018

364 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.57 kg

Tropical Extremes: Natural Variability and Trends features the most up-to-date information on present and future trends related to climate change and tropical extremes. Including contributions from the foremost experts in the field, this important reference addresses the science behind climate change and natural variability in relation to tropical extremes. The book also includes practical insight into modeling and observation approaches. In a warming world, the increase of weather extremes presents a scientifically complex and societally relevant challenge. The book confronts these challenges with observational evidence, modeling studies and expected impacts. This is an essential reference for researchers, modelers and students in the fields of climate and atmospheric science looking to better understand the causes and effects of tropical extremes and natural variability.

1. An Atlas of Tropical Extremes
2. South Asian Monsoon Extremes
3. Overview of Climate Models and Tropical Extremes
4. Hotspots of relative sea level rise in the Tropics
5. South American Monsoon and its Extremes
6. Investigating Tropical Extremes Impacts on Public Health and Food Security: Case Studies from South America and West Africa
7. Extreme Rain Evolution in West Africa
8. Extreme El Niño events
9. Tropics as Tempest

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP]