Science of weather, climate and ocean extremes /

Science of Weather, Climate and Ocean Extremes presents an evidence-based view of the most important ways in which the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is affecting both our atmosphere and the oceans. The book provides compelling reasons why concerted action is required to slow the rat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hay, John E., 1943- (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2023]
Series:Developments in weather and climate science ; 2.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Changes in characterising extremes
  • Have atmospheric extremes changed in the past?
  • Have the oceans also experienced changes in extreme events?
  • How are atmospheric extremes likely to change into the future?
  • How are marine extremes likely to change into the future?
  • Drivers of past and future changes in weather, climate and ocean extremes
  • Attribution methods related to past and projected changes, and to extreme events
  • Atmospheric extremes
  • Marine extremes
  • Hindsights, insights and foresights