06/29/2017
Event attribution, which seeks to understand the relationships between extreme weather and climate events, and climate change, is a rapidly-emerging area of scientific study. Although we are seeing more weather and climate extremes, individual extreme events vary widely and interpreting trends can be difficult. Through this emerging area of study, scientists are now identifying the physical processes that cause an intensification of weather and climate phenomena, which has the potential to improve the prediction of extreme events.
A new book, Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms, published by the American Geophysical Union, describes how and why weather and climate phenomena may be intensifying with climate change. It includes a compilation of mechanisms unique to individual weather and climate extreme events, a discussion of how well climate models simulate high-impact weather and climate extremes, and a summary of the various theories about how climate extremes will continue to become stronger and more frequent.
Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms was written by some of our climatologists here at the Utah Climate Center! Keep a lookout for more updates--the book will be released soon!
