INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, G20 HEAT EVENT DUE TO ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE.

Authors :: KING, ANDREW D.
BLACK, MITCHELL T.
KAROLY, DAVID J.
DONAT, MARKUS G.
Source :: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Dec2015 Supplement Explaining Extreme Events, pS141-S144. 4p.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: The article examines the possible reasons behind the heat event in Brisbane, Queelands during the G20 Summit in November 2014. Topics covered include daytime maximum temperatures, the influence of human-induced climate change on the odds of abnormally hot says in Brisband in the month of November and the conclusion that anthropogenic climate change has increased the odds of hot and very hot days.

Subjects :: *CLIMATE change research
*HEAT waves (Meteorology)
*HIGH temperature (Weather)
*HOT weather conditions
*CONFERENCES & conventions

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