An Introduction to Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Observations, Socioeconomic Impacts, Terrestrial Ecological Impacts, and Model Projections<sup>*</sup>
Gerald A. Meehl(University Corporation for Atmospheric Research), Thomas R. Karl(University of California, Santa Barbara), David R. Easterling(NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory), Stanley A. Changnon(NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory), Roger A. Pielke(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research), David Changnon(Northern Illinois University), Jenni L. Evans(NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory), Pavel Groisman(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information), Thomas R. Knutson(NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory), Kenneth E. Kunkel, Linda O. Mearns(University of California, Santa Barbara), Camille Parmesan(NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory), Roger S. Pulwarty, Terry L. Root(NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory), Richard T. Sylves(University of Delaware), Peter Whetton(Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Francis W. Zwiers(NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
March 1, 2000
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Abstract
Weather and climatic extremes can have serious and damaging effects on human society and infrastructure as well as on ecosystems and wildlife. Thus, they are usually the main focus of attention of the news media in reports on climate. There are some indications from observations concerning how climatic extremes may have changed in the past. Climate models show how they could change in the future either due to natural climate fluctuations or under conditions of greenhouse gas-induced warming. These observed and modeled changes relate directly to the understanding of socioeconomic and ecological impacts related to extremes.
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