An introduction to Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Observations, Socioeconomic Impacts, Terrestrial Ecological Impacts, and Model Projections
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2000-03
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Meehl, Gerald A.
Karl, Thomas
Easterling, David R.
Changnon, Stanley
Pielke, Roger
Changnon, David
Evans, Jenni
Groisman, Pavel Ya
Knutson, Thomas R.
Kunkel, Kenneth E.
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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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Meehl, Gerald A., Thomas Karl, David R. Easterling, Stanley Changnon, Roger Pielke Jr, David Changnon, Jenni Evans et al. "An introduction to trends in extreme weather and climate events: Observations, socioeconomic impacts, terrestrial ecological impacts, and model projections*." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 81, No. 3 (Mar., 2000): 413-416.