Changes in Climate Extremes and their Impacts on the Natural Physical Environment

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Authors

Sonia I. Seneviratne · Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology

Neville Nicholls

David R. Easterling · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

C. M. Goodess

Shinjiro Kanae · Tokyo Institute of Technology

James P. Kossin · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Yali Luo · Chinese Academy of Sciences

José A. Marengo

Abstract

Chapter 3 of Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This chapter addresses changes in weather and climate events relevant to extreme impacts and disasters.

Topics & Keywords

Climate variability and models Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Hydrology and Drought Analysis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Cambridge University Press eBooks

DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139177245.006

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