Adapting attribution science to the climate extremes of tomorrow

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Harrington, Luke J ^a   Otto, Friederike E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; attribution; climate change; extreme events; future projections; saturation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ADAPTATION; ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORK; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ATTRIBUTION; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 85060147972     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaf4cc     Document Type: Review

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