Summary of a workshop on extreme weather events in a warming world organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Issue 1 (1st January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Deliang; Rodhe, Henning; Emanuel, Kerry; Seneviratne, Sonia I.; Zhai, Panmao; Allard, Bert; Berg, Peter; Björck, Svante; Brown, Ian A.; Bärring, Lars; Chafik, Léon; Deng, Kaiqiang; Gaillard-Lemdahl, Marie-Jose; Hieronymus, Magnus; Kjellström, Erik; Linderholm, Hans W.; May, Wilhelm; Näslund, Jens-Ove; Ou, Tinghai; Rutgersson, Anna; Sahlee, Erik; Schenk, Frederik; Sjolte, Jesper; Sporre, Moa K.; Stigebrandt, Anders; Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A.; Zhang, Peng; Zhang, Qiong
• Is Part Of: Tellus. Volume 72:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 13
• Publication Date: 2020-01-01
• Subjects: climate change -- extreme weather events -- workshop -- Sweden; Atmospheric chemistry -- Periodicals; Atmospheric physics -- Periodicals; Meteorology -- Periodicals; Air -- Pollution -- Meteorological aspects -- Periodicals; Chimie de l'atmosphère -- Périodiques; Météorologie physique -- Périodiques; Météorologie -- Périodiques; Air -- Pollution -- Meteorological aspects; Atmospheric chemistry; Atmospheric physics; Meteorology; Meteorologie; Chimie de l'atmosphère; Météorologie physique; Météorologie; Meteorology; Electronic journals; Computer network resources; Periodicals; Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); 551.505
• DOI: 10.1080/16000889.2020.1794236
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0280-6509

Abstract

Abstract: Climate change is not only about changes in means of climatic variables such as temperature, precipitation and wind, but also their extreme values which are of critical importance to human society and ecosystems. To inspire the Swedish climate research community and to promote assessments of international research on past and future changes in extreme weather events against the global climate change background, the Earth Science Class of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences organized a workshop entitled 'Extreme weather events in a warming world' in 2019. This article summarizes and synthesizes the key points from the presentations and discussions of the workshop on changes in floods, droughts, heat waves, as well as on tropical cyclones and extratropical storms. In addition to reviewing past achievements in these research fields and identifying research gaps with a focus on Sweden, future challenges and opportunities for the Swedish climate research community are highlighted.