Tropical Extremes

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-12-809248-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 600 g

Tropical Extremes: Natural Variability and Trends features the most up-to-date information on present and future trends related to climate change and tropical extremes. Including contributions from the foremost experts in the field, this important reference addresses the science behind climate change and natural variability in relation to tropical extremes. The book also includes practical insight into modeling and observation approaches. In a warming world, the increase of weather extremes presents a scientifically complex and societally relevant challenge. The book confronts these challenges with observational evidence, modeling studies and expected impacts. This is an essential reference for researchers, modelers and students in the fields of climate and atmospheric science looking to better understand the causes and effects of tropical extremes and natural variability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vuruputur, Venugopal

Sukhatme, Jai

Murtugudde, Raghu

Roca, Rémy

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Atlas of Tropical Extremes
2. South Asian Monsoon Extremes
3. Overview of Climate Models and Tropical Extremes
4. Hotspots of relative sea level rise in the Tropics
5. South American Monsoon and its Extremes
6. Investigating Tropical Extremes Impacts on Public Health and Food Security: Case Studies from South America and West Africa

7. Extreme Rain Evolution in West Africa
8. Extreme El Niño events
9. Tropics as Tempest

Über Autor(innen)

Vuruputur, Venugopal
Venugopal Vuruputur is an Associate Professor at the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science. He received a PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota, where he was also a research associate and affiliate member of the Graduate Faculty. He is an Associate Editor for the journal Water Resources Research (AGU) and has contributed to over 20 published journal articles. His research interests include tropical rainfall and its extremes, stochastic hydrology, and hydrological modeling.

Murtugudde, Raghu
Raghu Murtugudde is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University. He has been an invited keynote speaker and distinguished lecturer on many occasions and has contributed to over 200 published journal articles and edited one book and contributed more than 10 book chapters.

Sukhatme, Jai
Jai Sukhatme is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of the Indian Institute of Science. He received his PhD in Geophysical Sciences from the University of Chicago. He has been an Associate Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (UK) since 2014. He has contributed to 19 published journal articles.

Roca, Rémy
Rémy Roca is Research Director at CNRS. He received his HDR from University Pierre et Marie Curie 6 and his PhD from University Denis Diderot Paris 7. He is co-chair of the International Precipitation Working Group and has contributed to over 50 published journal articles. His research interests include water and energy cycle in the tropics, monsoon meteorology and hydrology, mesoscale convective systems, severe weather systems, rainfall, and satellite measurements.