Tropical Extremes: Natural Variability and Trends features the most up-to-date information on present and future trends related to climate change and tropical extremes. Including contributions from the foremost experts in the field, this important reference addresses the science behind climate change and natural variability in relation to tropical extremes. The book also includes practical insight into modeling and observation approaches. In a warming world, the increase of weather extremes presents a scientifically complex and societally relevant challenge. The book confronts these challenges with observational evidence, modeling studies and expected impacts. This is an essential reference for researchers, modelers and students in the fields of climate and atmospheric science looking to better understand the causes and effects of tropical extremes and natural variability.
1. Introduction - p. xi 2. Chapter 1. A Global Atlas of Tropical Precipitation Extremes - p. 1 3. Chapter 2. South Asian Monsoon Extremes - p. 15 4. Chapter 3. South American Monsoon and Its Extremes - p. 51 5. Chapter 4. Precipitation Extremes in the West African Sahel: Recent Evolution and Physical Mechanisms - p. 95 6. Chapter 5. Evaluating Large-Scale Variability and Change in Tropical Rainfall and Its Extremes - p. 139 7. Chapter 6. Extreme El Niño Events - p. 165 8. Chapter 7. Hotspots of Relative Sea Level Rise in the Tropics - p. 203 9. 1. Introduction - p. 204 10. 2. Data Sets - p. 206 11. 3. Atlantic Ocean - p. 208 12. 4. Pacific Ocean - p. 227 13. 5. Indian Ocean - p. 240 14. 6. Conclusion - p. 250 15. Chapter 8. Exploring Tropical Variability and Extremes Impacts on Population Vulnerability in Piura, Peru: The Case of the 1997–98 El Niño - p. 263 16. Chapter 9. Tropics as Tempest - p. 299 17. Subject Index - p. 311 18. Author Index - p. 325
Tropical Extremes: Natural Variability and Trends features the most up-to-date information on present and future trends related to climate change and tropical extremes. Including contributions from the foremost experts in the field, this important reference addresses the science behind climate change and natural variability in relation to tropical extremes. The book also includes practical insight into modeling and observation approaches. In a warming world, the increase of weather extremes presents a scientifically complex and societally relevant challenge. The book confronts these challenges with observational evidence, modeling studies and expected impacts. This is an essential reference for researchers, modelers and students in the fields of climate and atmospheric science looking to better understand the causes and effects of tropical extremes and natural variability.
1. Introduction - p. xi 2. Chapter 1. A Global Atlas of Tropical Precipitation Extremes - p. 1 3. Chapter 2. South Asian Monsoon Extremes - p. 15 4. Chapter 3. South American Monsoon and Its Extremes - p. 51 5. Chapter 4. Precipitation Extremes in the West African Sahel: Recent Evolution and Physical Mechanisms - p. 95 6. Chapter 5. Evaluating Large-Scale Variability and Change in Tropical Rainfall and Its Extremes - p. 139 7. Chapter 6. Extreme El Niño Events - p. 165 8. Chapter 7. Hotspots of Relative Sea Level Rise in the Tropics - p. 203 9. 1. Introduction - p. 204 10. 2. Data Sets - p. 206 11. 3. Atlantic Ocean - p. 208 12. 4. Pacific Ocean - p. 227 13. 5. Indian Ocean - p. 240 14. 6. Conclusion - p. 250 15. Chapter 8. Exploring Tropical Variability and Extremes Impacts on Population Vulnerability in Piura, Peru: The Case of the 1997–98 El Niño - p. 263 16. Chapter 9. Tropics as Tempest - p. 299 17. Subject Index - p. 311 18. Author Index - p. 325
