Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms

Although we are seeing more weather and climate extremes, individual extreme events are very diverse and generalization of trends is difficult. For example, mid–latitude and subtropical climate extremes such as heat waves, hurricanes and droughts have increased, and could have been caused by processes including arctic amplification, jet stream meandering, and tropical expansion. This volume documents various climate extreme events and associated changes that have been analyzed through diagnostics, modeling, and statistical approaches. The identification of patterns and mechanisms can aid the prediction of future extreme events.  Volume highlights include: Compilation of processes and mechanisms unique to individual weather and climate extreme events Discussion of climate model performance in terms of simulating high–impact weather and climate extremes Summary of various existing theories, including controversial ones, on how climate extremes will continue to become stronger and more frequent  Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms is a valuable resource for scientists and graduate students in the fields of geophysics, climate physics, natural hazards, and environmental science. Read an interview with the editors to find out more: https://eos.org/editors–vox/how–does–changing–climate–bring–more–extreme–events INDICE: Contributors vii .Preface xi .Acknowledgments  xiii .Part I: Forcings of Climate Extremes .1 The Changing El Nino Southern Oscillation and Associated Climate ExtremesJin –Yi Yu, Xin Wang, Song Yang, Houk Paek, and Mengyan Chen 3 .2 Weather Extremes Linked to Interaction of the Arctic and MidlatitudesTimo Vihma 39 .3 Impact of Aerosols on Regional Changes in Climate ExtremesJana Sillmann and Jinho Yoon 51 .4 Weakened Flow, Persistent Circulation, and Prolonged Weather Extremes in Boreal SummerDim Coumou, Kai Kornhuber, Jascha Lehmann, and Vladimir Petoukhov 61 .5 Land Processes as the Forcing of Extremes: A ReviewMin –Hui Lo, Tzu –Hsien Kuo, Hao ]Wei Wey, Chia –Wei Lan, and Jen –Ping Chen 75 .Part II: Processes of Climate Extremes .6 Timing of Anthropogenic Emergence in Climate ExtremesAndrew D. King, Markus G. Donat, Ed Hawkins, and David J. Karoly 95 .7 Recent Increases in Extreme Temperature Occurrence over LandScott J. Weaver, Arun Kumar, and Mingyue Chen 105 .8 Why Future Shifts in Tropical Precipitation Will Likely Be Small: The Location of the Tropical Rain Belt and the Hemispheric Contrast of Energy Input to the AtmosphereAaron Donohoe and Aiko Voigt  115 .9 Weather ]Climate Interactions and MJO InfluencesPaul E. Roundy, Naoko Sakaeda, Kyle MacRitchie, and Lawrence Gloeckler 139 .10 Recent Climate Extremes Associated with the West Pacific Warming ModeChris Funk and Andrew Hoell 165 .11 Connections Between Heat Waves and Circumglobal Teleconnection Patterns in the Northern Hemisphere SummerHaiyan Teng and Grant Branstator 177 .Part III: Regional Climate Extremes .12 North American Drought and Links to Northern Eurasia: The Role of Stationary Rossby WavesHailan Wang, Siegfried D. Schubert, and Randal D. Koster 197 .13 The California Drought: Trends and ImpactsShih ]Yu (Simon) Wang, Jinho Yoon, Robert R. Gillies, and Huang –Hsiung Hsu 223 .14 Observed Trends in US Tornado FrequencyAdam J. Clark 237 .15 Mechanisms Explaining Recent Changes in Australian Climate ExtremesSophie C. Lewis, David J. Karoly, Andrew D. King, Sarah E. Perkins, and Markus G. Donat 249 .16 Unraveling East Africa s Climate ParadoxBradfield Lyon and Nicolas Vigaud 265 .17 A Physical Model for Extreme Drought over Southwest AsiaAndrew Hoell, Chris Funk, Mathew Barlow, and Forest Cannon 283 .Part IV: Prediction of Climate Extremes .18 Extratropical Precursors of the El Nino Southern OscillationKathy V. Pegion and Christopher Selman 301 .19 North Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Prediction: Underlying Science and an Evaluation of Statistical ModelsPhilip J. Klotzbach, Mark A. Saunders, Gerald D. Bell, and Eric S. Blake 315 .20 Predicting Subseasonal Precipitation Variations Based on the Madden ]Julian OscillationCharles Jones 329 .21 Prediction of Short ]Term Climate Extremes with a Multimodel EnsembleEmily J. Becker 347 .22 Toward Predicting US Tornadoes in the Late 21st CenturyAdam J. Clark 361 .Index  371

• ISBN: 978-1-119-06784-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 04/08/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés