Attributing high-impact extreme events across timescales - A case study of four different types of events
Increasing likelihoods of extreme weather events are the most noticeable and damaging manifestation of anthropogenic climate change. In the aftermath of an extreme event, policy makers are often called upon to make timely and sensitive decisions about rebuilding and managing present and future risks...
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| author | Otto, F Philip, S Kew, S Li, S King, A Cullen, H |
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| description | Increasing likelihoods of extreme weather events are the most noticeable and damaging manifestation of anthropogenic climate change. In the aftermath of an extreme event, policy makers are often called upon to make timely and sensitive decisions about rebuilding and managing present and future risks. Information regarding whether, where, and how present day and future risks are changing is needed to adequately inform these decisions. But, this information is often not available and when it is, it is often not presented in a systematic way. Here, we demonstrate a seamless approach to the science of extreme event attribution and future risk assessment by using the same set of model ensembles to provide such information on past, present and future hazard risks in four case studies on different types of events. Given the current relevance, we focus on estimating the change in future hazard risk under 1.5°C and 2°C of global mean temperature rise. We find that this approach not only addresses important decision-making gaps, but also improves the robustness of future risk assessment and attribution statements alike. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:bcd0167d-bba3-43e4-8efa-fd4f9e9286092022-03-27T05:27:11ZAttributing high-impact extreme events across timescales - A case study of four different types of eventsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:bcd0167d-bba3-43e4-8efa-fd4f9e928609Symplectic Elements at OxfordSpringer2018Otto, FPhilip, SKew, SLi, SKing, ACullen, HIncreasing likelihoods of extreme weather events are the most noticeable and damaging manifestation of anthropogenic climate change. In the aftermath of an extreme event, policy makers are often called upon to make timely and sensitive decisions about rebuilding and managing present and future risks. Information regarding whether, where, and how present day and future risks are changing is needed to adequately inform these decisions. But, this information is often not available and when it is, it is often not presented in a systematic way. Here, we demonstrate a seamless approach to the science of extreme event attribution and future risk assessment by using the same set of model ensembles to provide such information on past, present and future hazard risks in four case studies on different types of events. Given the current relevance, we focus on estimating the change in future hazard risk under 1.5°C and 2°C of global mean temperature rise. We find that this approach not only addresses important decision-making gaps, but also improves the robustness of future risk assessment and attribution statements alike. |
| spellingShingle | Otto, F Philip, S Kew, S Li, S King, A Cullen, H Attributing high-impact extreme events across timescales - A case study of four different types of events |
| title | Attributing high-impact extreme events across timescales - A case study of four different types of events |
| title_full | Attributing high-impact extreme events across timescales - A case study of four different types of events |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Attributing high-impact extreme events across timescales - A case study of four different types of events |
| title_short | Attributing high-impact extreme events across timescales - A case study of four different types of events |
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