Climate impacts on extreme weather : current to future changes on a local to global scale / Victor Ongoma, Hossein Tabari, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ongoma, Victor, editor.

Tabari, Hossein, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic extremes.

Weather forecasting.

Climatic changes.

Weather.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Other Title:

Current to future changes on a local to global scale

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2022]

Summary:

"[P]resents the fundamentals and advances in the science of weather and climate extremes, building on the existing knowledge using regional and global case studies. This book provides an analysis of historical and future changes, physical processes, measurements, space-time variability, socioeconomic impacts, and risk management. It provides policymakers, researchers, and students working in climate change with a thorough reference for understanding the diverse impacts of extreme weather and climate changes on varying geographic scales. With contributions from experts across the globe, the book utilizes methods, case studies, modeling, and analysis to present valuable, up-to-date knowledge about the interaction of climate change, weather, and the many implications of the changing environment"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Understanding weather and climate extremes / Eresanya Emmanuel Olaoluwa, Olufemi Sunday Durowoju, Israel R. Orimoloye, Mojolaoluwa T. Daramola, Akinyemi Akindamola Ayobami, and Olasunkanmi Olorunsaye

The role of climate datasets in understanding climate extremes / Malcolm N. Mistry

Advances in weather and climate extremes / Victor Nnamdi Dike, Zhao-Hui Lin, Chenglai Wu, and Colman Chikwem Ibe

Uncertainties in daily rainfall over West Africa : assessment of griddled products and station gauges / Imoleayo E. Gbode, Joseph D. Intsiful, Akintomide Afolayan Akinsanola, Akintayo T. Abolude, and Kehinde O. Ogunjobi

Features of regional Indian monsoon rainfall extremes / Hamza Varikoden and M.J.K. Reji

Historical changes in hydroclimatic extreme events over Iran / Vahid Nourani and Hessam Najafi

Intensification of precipitation extremes in the United States under global warming / Akintomide Afolayan Akinsanola and Gabriel J. Kooperman

A review on observed historical changes in hydroclimatic extreme events over Europe / Kristian Förster and Larissa Nora Van Der Laan

Meteorological droughts in semi-arid Eastern Kenya / Charles W. Recha, Grace W. Kibue, and A.P. Dimri

Drought across East Africa under climate variability / Charles Onyutha, Brian Ayugi, Hossein Tabari, Hamida Ngoma, and Victor Ongoma

Revisiting the impacts of tropical cyclone Idai in Southern Africa / Collen Mutasa

Impacts of climate extremes over Arctic and Antarctic / Masoud Irannezhad, Behzad Ahmadi, and Hannu Marttila

The degradation of the Amazon rainforest : regional and global climate implications / Kerry W. Bowman, Samuel A. Dale, Sumana Dhanani, Jevithen Nehru, and Benjamin T. Rabishaw

Farmers' perceptions of climate hazards and coping mechanisms in Fiji / Samroy Liligeto and Naohiro Nakamura

People's management of risks from extreme weather events in the Pacific Island region / Eberhard Weber

Management of extreme hydrological events / Ruth Katui Nguma and Veronica Mwikali Kiluva.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Ongoma, Victor Climate Impacts on Extreme Weather

ISBN:

9780323904209

0323904203