Tropical Extremes: Natural Variability and Trends

Tropical Extremes: Natural Variability and Trends: Observations, Modeling, and Theoretical Expectations 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. 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.

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, theoretical expectations and expected impacts. Opening with a discussion of theoretical principles, the book then moves on to analyze observations and models, leading finally to recommendations for mitigation and adaptation.

Illuminates the role of natural variability and climate change in determining the fate and state of tropical extremesOffers a robust guide for analysis relating to the impacts of extremes, thus providing a potential roadmap for navigating the future of risk analysis and the water-food-energy nexusEdited by a diverse team of global expertsIncludes contributions from leading researchers in the field, comprising the most up-to-date understanding of tropical extremes

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