DEFINING A NEW NORMAL FOR EXTREMES IN A WARMING WORLD.

Authors :: LEWIS, SOPHIE C.
KING, ANDREW D.
PERKINS-KIRKPATRICK, SARAH E.
Source :: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Jun2017, Vol. 98 Issue 6, p1139-1150. 13p.
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: The article focuses on defining new normal for extreme weather in climate change. A new normal has been applied to describe a diversity of weather and climate phenomena. Directing analysis of a new normal to extreme temperatures is motivated by several factors. Extreme weather and climate events occurring on subdaily to multiyear time scales and have significant socioeconomic costs and impacts on natural systems.