Changes in Climate Extremes and their Impacts on the Natural Physical Environment

Seneviratne, Sonia I.; Nicholls, Neville; Easterling, David R.; Goodess, C. M.; Kanae, Shinjiro; Kossin, James P.; Luo, Yali; Marengo, José A.; McInnes, Kathleen L.; Rahimi, Mohammad; Reichstein, Markus; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Vera, Carolina; Zhang, Xuebin; Rusticucci, Matilde; Семенов, В. А.; Alexander, Lisa V.; Allen, Simon; Benito, Gerardo; Cavazos, Tereza; Clague, John J.; Conway, Declan; Della‐Marta, P. M.; Gerber, Markus; Gong, Sunling; Goswami, B. N.; Hemer, Mark; Huggel, Christian; Hurk, Bart van den; Kharin, Viatcheslav; Kitoh, Akio; Tank, Albert Klein; Li, Guilong; Mason, Simon J.; McGuire, William; Oldenborgh, Geert Jan van; Orlowsky, Boris; Smith, Sharon L.; Thiaw, Wassila M.; Velegrakis, Adonis F.; Yiou, Pascal; Zhang, Tingjun; Zhou, Tianjun; Zwiers, Francis W.

doi:10.1017/cbo9781139177245.006

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Changes in Climate Extremes and their Impacts on the Natural Physical Environment

SISonia I. Seneviratne NNNeville Nicholls DRDavid R. Easterling CMC. M. Goodess SKShinjiro Kanae

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Chapter 3 of Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This chapter addresses changes in weather and climate events relevant to extreme impacts and disasters.

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