Climate extremes : patterns and mechanisms /: patterns and mechanisms. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simon Wang, Jin-Ho Yoon.
• Authors: Wang, Simon; Yoon, Jin-Ho
• Contents: Contributors vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Part I: Forcings of Climate Extremes 1 The Changing El Nino–Southern Oscillation and Associated Climate Extremes; Jin ?- Yi Yu, Xin Wang, Song Yang, Houk Paek, and Mengyan Chen 3 2 Weather Extremes Linked to Interaction of the Arctic and Midlatitudes; Timo Vihma 39 3 Impact of Aerosols on Regional Changes in Climate Extremes; Jana Sillmann and Jinho Yoon 51 4 Weakened Flow, Persistent Circulation, and Prolonged Weather Extremes in Boreal Summer; Dim Coumou, Kai Kornhuber, Jascha Lehmann, and Vladimir Petoukhov 61 5 Land Processes as the Forcing of Extremes: A Review; Min ?- 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 Extremes; Andrew D. King, Markus G. Donat, Ed Hawkins, and David J. Karoly 95 7 Recent Increases in Extreme Temperature Occurrence over Land; Scott 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 Atmosphere; Aaron Donohoe and Aiko Voigt 115 9 Weather?]Climate Interactions and MJO Influences; Paul E. Roundy, Naoko Sakaeda, Kyle MacRitchie, and Lawrence Gloeckler 139 10 Recent Climate Extremes Associated with the West Pacific Warming Mode; Chris Funk and Andrew Hoell 165 11 Connections Between Heat Waves and Circumglobal Teleconnection Patterns in the Northern Hemisphere Summer; Haiyan Teng and Grant Branstator 177 Part III: Regional Climate Extremes 12 North American Drought and Links to Northern Eurasia: The Role of Stationary Rossby Waves; Hailan Wang, Siegfried D. Schubert, and Randal D. Koster 197 13 The California Drought: Trends and Impacts; Shih ?] Yu (Simon) Wang, Jinho Yoon, Robert R. Gillies, and Huang ?- Hsiung Hsu 223 14 Observed Trends in US Tornado Frequency; Adam J. Clark 237 15 Mechanisms Explaining Recent Changes in Australian Climate Extremes; Sophie C. Lewis, David J. Karoly, Andrew D. King, Sarah E. Perkins, and Markus G. Donat 249 16 Unraveling East Africa’s Climate Paradox; Bradfield Lyon and Nicolas Vigaud 265 17 A Physical Model for Extreme Drought over Southwest Asia; Andrew Hoell, Chris Funk, Mathew Barlow, and Forest Cannon 283 Part IV: Prediction of Climate Extremes 18 Extratropical Precursors of the El Nino–Southern Oscillation; Kathy V. Pegion and Christopher Selman 301 19 North Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Prediction: Underlying Science and an Evaluation of Statistical Models; Philip J. Klotzbach, Mark A. Saunders, Gerald D. Bell, and Eric S. Blake 315 20 Predicting Subseasonal Precipitation Variations Based on the Madden?]Julian Oscillation; Charles Jones 329 21 Prediction of Short?]Term Climate Extremes with a Multimodel Ensemble; Emily J. Becker 347 22 Toward Predicting US Tornadoes in the Late 21st Century; Adam J. Clark 361 Index 371
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Washington, D.C : American Geophysical Union
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 551.5; Climatic changes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119068044
• Related ISBNs: 9781119068037
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