Real-time extreme weather event attribution with forecast seasonal SSTs

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Haustein, K ^a   Otto, F E L ^a   Uhe, P ^a,b   Schaller, N ^b   Allen, M R ^a,b   Hermanson, L ^c   Christidis, N ^c   McLean, P ^c   Cullen, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Climate Central   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; ensemble modelling; extreme event attribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOODS; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATERS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; REAL TIME; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEVERE WEATHER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84977513162     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/064006     Document Type: Review

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