Representing Climate and Extreme Weather Events in Integrated Assessment Models: A Review of Existing Methods and Options for Development.

The lack of information about future changes in extreme weather is a major constraint of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) of climate change. The generation of descriptions of future climate in current IAMs is assessed. We also review recent work on scenario development methods for weather extremes, focusing on those issues which are most relevant to the needs of IAMs. Finally, some options for implementing scenarios of weather extremes in IAMs are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]