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Weather and Climate Extremes - Changes, Variations and a Perspective from the Insurance Industry (Hardcover, Reprinted from CLIMATIC CHANGE, 42:1, 1999)
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Weather and Climate Extremes - Changes, Variations and a Perspective from the Insurance Industry (Hardcover, Reprinted from CLIMATIC CHANGE, 42:1, 1999)
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Are extreme weather events becoming more common? How do extreme
weather events impact society? These are critical questions that
must be examined as we confront the possibility that the world will
experience a change in climate over the next century. Much of the
research in climatology over the past decade has focused on
potential changes in long- term averages of temperature,
precipitation and other factors. However, it is becoming
increasingly clear that changes in average values will be
accompanied by changes in extreme events. Furthermore, extreme
weather events will impact society to a greater extent as people
around the world continue to locate in more hazard-prone areas such
as coastal zones. This book represents a major step forwards in
developing a comprehensive set of information about changes in
extreme events by providing a review of the problems in data
availability, quality and analysis that make deriving a clear
picture of world-wide changes in extreme events so difficult.
Audience: The book is intended for policy-makers, professionals,
graduate students and others interested in learning how extreme
weather events have changed, and how they impact society both now
and in the future.
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