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Weather and Climate Extremes

Changes, Variations and a Perspective from the Insurance Industry

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  1. Thomas R. Karl
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  2. Neville Nicholls
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  3. Anver Ghazi
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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Overview

    1. Overview

      • Thomas Karl
      Pages 1-2

  3. Summary

    1. CLIVAR/GCOS/WMO Workshop on Indices and Indicators for Climate Extremes Workshop Summary

      • Thomas R. Karl, Neville Nicholls, Anver Ghazi
      Pages 3-7

  5. Climate Extremes and the Insurance Industry

    1. Global Climate Change: Why U.S. Insurers Care

      • Franklin W. Nutter
      Pages 45-49

    2. Interactions Between the Atmospheric Sciences and Insurers in the United States

      • Stanley A. Changnon, E. Ray Fosse, Eugene L. Lecomte
      Pages 51-67

    3. Damaging Weather Conditions in the United States: A Selection of Data Quality and Monitoring Issues

      • Brian D. Skinner, David Changnon, Michael B. Richman, Peter J. Lamb
      Pages 69-87

  6. Observed Changes in Extremes

    1. Atlantic Basin Hurricanes: Indices of Climatic Changes

      • Christopher W. Landsea, Roger A. Pielke Jr., Alberto M. Mestas-Nuñez, John A. Knaff
      Pages 89-129

    2. The Use of Indices to Identify Changes in Climatic Extremes

      • P. D. Jones, E. B. Horton, C. K. Folland, M. Hulme, D. E. Parker, T. A. Basnett
      Pages 131-149

    3. Progress in the Study of Climatic Extremes in Northern and Central Europe

      • R. Heino, R. Brázdil, E. Førland, H. Tuomenvirta, H. Alexandersson, M. Beniston et al.
      Pages 151-181

    4. Changes in Climate Extremes Over the Australian Region and New Zealand During the Twentieth Century

      • Neil Plummer, M. James Salinger, Neville Nicholls, Ramasamy Suppiah, Kevin J. Hennessy, Robert M. Leighton et al.
      Pages 183-202

    5. Changes of Climate Extremes in China

      • Panmao Zhai, Anjian Sun, Fumin Ren, Xiaonin Liu, Bo Gao, Qiang Zhang
      Pages 203-218

    6. Indicators of Climate Change for the Russian Federation

      • G. Gruza, E. Rankova, V. Razuvaev, O. Bulygina
      Pages 219-242

    7. Changes in the Probability of Heavy Precipitation: Important Indicators of Climatic Change

      • Pavel YA. Groisman, Thomas R. Karl, David R. Easterling, Richard W. Knight, Paul F. Jamason, Kevin J. Hennessy et al.
      Pages 243-283

    8. Long-Term Observations for Monitoring Extremes in the Americas

      • David R. Easterling, Henry F. Diaz, Arthur V. Douglas, William D. Hogg, Kenneth E. Kunkel, Jeffry C. Rogers et al.
      Pages 285-308

    9. Climate Extremes: Selected Review and Future Research Directions

      • Thomas R. Karl, David R. Easterling
      Pages 309-325

  7. Some Critical Aspects of Extreme Events

    1. Conceptual Framework for Changes of Extremes of the Hydrological Cycle With Climate Change

      • Kevin E. Trenberth
      Pages 327-339

    2. On Testing for Change in Extreme Events

      • Andrew R. Solow
      Pages 341-349
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About this book

Are extreme weather events becoming more common? How do extreme weather events impact society? These are critical questions that must be examined as we confront the possibility that the world will experience a change in climate over the next century. Much of the research in climatology over the past decade has focused on potential changes in long- term averages of temperature, precipitation and other factors. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that changes in average values will be accompanied by changes in extreme events. Furthermore, extreme weather events will impact society to a greater extent as people around the world continue to locate in more hazard-prone areas such as coastal zones. This book represents a major step forwards in developing a comprehensive set of information about changes in extreme events by providing a review of the problems in data availability, quality and analysis that make deriving a clear picture of world-wide changes in extreme events so difficult.
Audience: The book is intended for policy-makers, professionals, graduate students and others interested in learning how extreme weather events have changed, and how they impact society both now and in the future.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Weather and Climate Extremes

  • Book Subtitle: Changes, Variations and a Perspective from the Insurance Industry

  • Editors: Thomas R. Karl, Neville Nicholls, Anver Ghazi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9265-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5711-7Published: 31 August 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5223-0Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9265-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 349

  • Number of Illustrations: 105 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change

  • Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment

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