Extreme weather and climate events with ecological relevance: a review

CC Ummenhofer, GA Meehl - … Transactions of the …, 2017‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Robust evidence exists that certain extreme weather and climate events, especially daily
temperature and precipitation extremes, have changed in regard to intensity and frequency …

A review on the scientific understanding of heatwaves—Their measurement, driving mechanisms, and changes at the global scale

SE Perkins - Atmospheric Research, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Heatwaves impose disastrous impacts over human, natural and industrial systems across
the globe. Over a relatively short period of time, there has been considerable advancement …

Development of an updated global land in situ‐based data set of temperature and precipitation extremes: HadEX3

RJH Dunn, LV Alexander, MG Donat… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
We present the second update to a data set of gridded land‐based temperature and
precipitation extremes indices: HadEX3. This consists of 17 temperature and 12 precipitation …

A global, continental, and regional analysis of changes in extreme precipitation

Q Sun, X Zhang, F Zwiers, S Westra… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper provides an updated analysis of observed changes in extreme precipitation
using high-quality station data up to 2018. We examine changes in extreme precipitation …

[PDF][PDF] Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment

N Nicholls, D Easterling, CM Goodess… - Managing the risks …, 2012‏ - library.harvard.edu
A changing climate can lead to changes in the frequency, intensity or duration of an extreme
event, or result in an 3 unprecedented, previously unobserved, extreme. As well, a weather …

Updated analyses of temperature and precipitation extreme indices since the beginning of the twentieth century: The HadEX2 dataset

MG Donat, LV Alexander, H Yang… - Journal of …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we present the collation and analysis of the gridded land‐based dataset of
indices of temperature and precipitation extremes: HadEX2. Indices were calculated based …

Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily temperature and precipitation data

X Zhang, L Alexander, GC Hegerl… - Wiley …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Indices for climate variability and extremes have been used for a long time, often by
assessing days with temperature or precipitation observations above or below specific …

Trends analysis of rainfall and rainfall extremes in Sarawak, Malaysia using modified Mann–Kendall test

Z Sa'adi, S Shahid, T Ismail, ES Chung… - … and Atmospheric Physics, 2019‏ - Springer
This study assesses the spatial pattern of changes in rainfall extremes of Sarawak in recent
years (1980–2014). The Mann–Kendall (MK) test along with modified Mann–Kendall (m-MK) …

Rising precipitation extremes across Nepal

R Karki, S Hasson, U Schickhoff, T Scholten, J Böhner - Climate, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
As a mountainous country, Nepal is most susceptible to precipitation extremes and related
hazards, including severe floods, landslides and droughts that cause huge losses of life and …

Heatwaves in Southeast Asia and their changes in a warmer world

Z Dong, L Wang, Y Sun, T Hu, A Limsakul… - Earth's …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Based on the observational dataset SA‐OBS and model outputs from the Community Earth
System Model Large Ensemble project, this study investigates heatwaves in Southeast Asia …