Climate extremes and society /
Climate extremes and society /
Climate Extremes & Society
edited by Henry F. Diaz and Richard J. Murnane.
- 1 online resource (xv, 340 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Significance of weather and climate extremes to society : an introduction / Defining and modeling the nature of weather and climate extremes. Definition, diagnosis, and origin of extreme weather and climate events / Observed changes in the global distribution of daily temperature and precipitation extremes / Spatial distribution of severe convective storms and an analysis of their secular changes / Regional storm climate and related marine hazards in the Northeast Atlantic / Extensive summer hot and cold extremes under current and possible future climatic conditions : Europe and North America / Beyond mean climate change : what climate models tell us about future climate extremes / Tropical cyclones and climate change : revisiting recent studies at GFDL / Henry F. Diaz, Richard J. Murnane -- David B. Stephenson -- David R. Easterling -- Harold E. Brooks, Nikolai Dotzek -- Hans von Storch, Ralf Weisse Alexander Gershunov, Herve Douville -- Claudia Tebaldi, Gerald A. Meehl -- Thomas R. Knutson, Robert E. Tuleya. Impacts of weather and climate extremes. Extreme climatic events and their impacts : examples from the Swiss Alps / Impact of weather and climate extremes on coral growth / Forecasting US insured hurricane losses / Integrating hurricane loss models with climate models / Exploration of trends in normalized weather-related catastrophe losses / All overview of the impact of climate change on the insurance industry / Toward a comprehensive loss inventory of weather and climate hazards / Catastrophe modeling response to Hurricane Katrina / Risk Prediction Initiative : a successful science-business partnership for analyzing natural hazard risk / Martin Beniston -- M. James, C. Crabbe, Emma L.L. Walker, David B. Stephenson -- Thomas H. Jagger, James B. Elsner, Mark A. Saunders -- Charles C. Watson, Jr., Mark E. Johnson -- Stuart Miller, Robert Muir-Wood, Auguste Boissonnade -- Andrew Dlugolecki -- Susan L. Cutter, Melanie Gall, Christopher T. Emrich -- Robert Muir-Wood, Patricia Grossi -- Richard J. Murnane, Anthony Knap.
Extreme climatic events present society with significant challenges in a rapidly warming world. Ordinary citizens, the insurance industry and governments are concerned about the apparent increase in the frequency of weather and climate events causing extreme, and in some instances, catastrophic, impacts. Climate Extremes and Society focuses on the recent and potential future consequences of weather and climate extremes for different socioeconomic sectors. The book also examines actions that may enable society to better respond to climate variability. It provides examples of the impact of climate and weather extremes on society. How have these extremes varied in the past, and how might they change in the future? What type of efforts will help society adapt to potential future changes in climate and weather extremes? The book is designed for all policy-makers, engineers and scientists who have an interest in the effects of climate extremes on society.
9780511535840 (ebook)
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes--Social aspects.
Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
QC981.8.C53 / C55 2008
304.2/5
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Significance of weather and climate extremes to society : an introduction / Defining and modeling the nature of weather and climate extremes. Definition, diagnosis, and origin of extreme weather and climate events / Observed changes in the global distribution of daily temperature and precipitation extremes / Spatial distribution of severe convective storms and an analysis of their secular changes / Regional storm climate and related marine hazards in the Northeast Atlantic / Extensive summer hot and cold extremes under current and possible future climatic conditions : Europe and North America / Beyond mean climate change : what climate models tell us about future climate extremes / Tropical cyclones and climate change : revisiting recent studies at GFDL / Henry F. Diaz, Richard J. Murnane -- David B. Stephenson -- David R. Easterling -- Harold E. Brooks, Nikolai Dotzek -- Hans von Storch, Ralf Weisse Alexander Gershunov, Herve Douville -- Claudia Tebaldi, Gerald A. Meehl -- Thomas R. Knutson, Robert E. Tuleya. Impacts of weather and climate extremes. Extreme climatic events and their impacts : examples from the Swiss Alps / Impact of weather and climate extremes on coral growth / Forecasting US insured hurricane losses / Integrating hurricane loss models with climate models / Exploration of trends in normalized weather-related catastrophe losses / All overview of the impact of climate change on the insurance industry / Toward a comprehensive loss inventory of weather and climate hazards / Catastrophe modeling response to Hurricane Katrina / Risk Prediction Initiative : a successful science-business partnership for analyzing natural hazard risk / Martin Beniston -- M. James, C. Crabbe, Emma L.L. Walker, David B. Stephenson -- Thomas H. Jagger, James B. Elsner, Mark A. Saunders -- Charles C. Watson, Jr., Mark E. Johnson -- Stuart Miller, Robert Muir-Wood, Auguste Boissonnade -- Andrew Dlugolecki -- Susan L. Cutter, Melanie Gall, Christopher T. Emrich -- Robert Muir-Wood, Patricia Grossi -- Richard J. Murnane, Anthony Knap.
Extreme climatic events present society with significant challenges in a rapidly warming world. Ordinary citizens, the insurance industry and governments are concerned about the apparent increase in the frequency of weather and climate events causing extreme, and in some instances, catastrophic, impacts. Climate Extremes and Society focuses on the recent and potential future consequences of weather and climate extremes for different socioeconomic sectors. The book also examines actions that may enable society to better respond to climate variability. It provides examples of the impact of climate and weather extremes on society. How have these extremes varied in the past, and how might they change in the future? What type of efforts will help society adapt to potential future changes in climate and weather extremes? The book is designed for all policy-makers, engineers and scientists who have an interest in the effects of climate extremes on society.
9780511535840 (ebook)
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes--Social aspects.
Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
QC981.8.C53 / C55 2008
304.2/5