Abstract
This chapter assesses changes in weather and climate extremes on regional and global scales, including observed changes and their attribution, as well as projected changes. The extremes considered include temperature extremes, heavy precipitation and pluvial floods, river floods, droughts, storms (including tropical cyclones), as well as compound events (multivariate and concurrent extremes). The assessment focuses on land regions excluding Antarctica.
Keywords
Environmental scienceMeteorologyExtreme weatherClimatologyClimate changeGeographyGeologyEcologyBiology
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(2023).
Weather and Climate Extreme Events in a Changing Climate.
Cambridge University Press eBooks
, 1513-1766.
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009157896.013
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- 10.1017/9781009157896.013