Attributing high-impact extreme events across timescales—a case study of four different types of events

Climatic Change

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2018, Pages 399-412

  Otto, Friederike E L ^a   Philip, Sjoukje ^b   Kew, Sarah ^b   Li, Sihan ^a   King, Andrew ^c   Cullen, Heidi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Climate Central   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HAZARDS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CASE-STUDIES; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; HAZARD RISKS; MODEL ENSEMBLES; POLICY MAKERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXTREME EVENT; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85051527130     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-018-2258-3     Document Type: Article

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