Climate Impacts on Extreme Weather: Current to Future Changes on a Local to Global Scale presents fundamentals and advances in the science of weather and climate extremes, building on the existing knowledge by using regional and global case studies. The book provides an analysis of historical and future changes, physical processes, measurements, space-time variability, socioeconomic impact, and risk management. It provides policy makers, researchers and students working in climate change with a thorough reference for understanding the diverse impacts of extreme weather and climate change on varying geographic scales. With contributions from experts across the globe, the book utilizes methods, case studies, modeling, and analysis to present valuable, up-to-date knowledge about the interaction of climate change, weather and the many implications of the changing environment.
- Offers comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of climate research related to extremes
- Includes both regional and global case studies for applying research to practice, providing a deeper understanding of the science
- Presents both observed and projected findings using primary research and models
Victor Ongoma is a meteorologist with specialty in climatology and climate change. He is currently assistant professor of Climate Change Adaptation at the International Water Research Institute (IWRI), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco. He holds a PhD in Meteorology from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China. Prior to joining IWRI he was a lecturer of Physical Geography at University of the South Pacific, Fiji (2019 – 2021), a lecturer in Meteorology at South Eastern Kenya University, Kenya (2013 - 2019), and in 2018, a Visiting Fellow at the Center for African Studies (CAS), Harvard University, USA. His current research focuses on climate change, and generation and application of climate products in decision making for sustainable development over Africa.
Hossein Tabari is a senior hydrologist at KU Leuven in Belgium, currently working on the impacts of climate change and socioeconomic developments on hydrological extreme events (extreme precipitation, floods, and droughts). He has a PhD in Civil Engineering from KU Leuven, for which he received the 2016 Ernest du Bois Prize from the King Baudouin Foundation as the best PhD thesis in Belgium on the theme of water (resources, availability, and management). He has authored or co-authored nearly 100 publications in prestigious hydro-climatology journals, which have received considerable attention from scientists in the field (>800 citations per year based on WoS). He is currently serving as an editor for a couple of journals and a guest editor for several special issues.
