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 …

[HTML][HTML] Global observed long-term changes in temperature and precipitation extremes: A review of progress and limitations in IPCC assessments and beyond

LV Alexander - Weather and Climate Extremes, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) first attempted a global
assessment of long-term changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in its Third …

[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 …

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 …

Climate change, water scarcity, and health adaptation in southwestern coastal Bangladesh

MA Abedin, AE Collins, U Habiba, R Shaw - International Journal of …, 2019‏ - Springer
Climate change may affect human health through multiple and interactive pathways that
include safe water scarcity. However, impacts of climate change-induced water scarcity on …

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) …

Extreme temperatures in Southeast Asia caused by El Niño and worsened by global warming

K Thirumalai, PN DiNezio, Y Okumura… - Nature communications, 2017‏ - nature.com
Abstract In April 2016, southeast Asia experienced surface air temperatures (SATs) that
surpassed national records, exacerbated energy consumption, disrupted agriculture and …

Global observed changes in daily climate extremes of temperature and precipitation

LV Alexander, X Zhang, TC Peterson… - Journal of …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
A suite of climate change indices derived from daily temperature and precipitation data, with
a primary focus on extreme events, were computed and analyzed. By setting an exact …

[کتاب][B] Climate change 2001: the scientific basis

JT Houghton, Y Ding, DJ Griggs, M Noguer… - 2001‏ - academia.edu
This report is the first complete assessment of the science of climate change since Working
Group I (WGI) of the IPCC produced its second report Climate Change 1995: The Science of …

Future changes in precipitation extremes over Southeast Asia: insights from CMIP6 multi-model ensemble

F Ge, S Zhu, H Luo, X Zhi, H Wang - Environmental Research …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Past assessments of coupled climate models have indicated that precipitation extremes are
expected to intensify over Southeast Asia (SEA) under the global warming. Here, we use …