In:
Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, SAGE Publications, Vol. 31, No. 1 ( 2007-02), p. 77-87
Abstract:
In 1990 and 1992 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its first assessment of climate change and its supplement, did not consider whether extreme weather events had increased in frequency and/or intensity globally, because data were too sparse to make this a worthwhile exercise. In 1995 the IPCC, in its second assessment, did examine this question, but concluded that data and analyses of changes in extreme events were ‘not comprehensive’and thus the question could not be answered with any confidence. Since then, concerted multinational efforts have been undertaken to collate, quality control, and analyse data on weather and climate extremes. A comprehensive examination of the question of whether extreme events have changed in frequency or intensity is now more feasible than it was 15 years ago. The processes that have led to this position are described, along with current understanding of possible changes in some extreme weather and climate events.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0309-1333
,
1477-0296
DOI:
10.1177/0309133307073885
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2007
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2006623-5
SSG:
14
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