GC53B:
Climate Extremes and Their Implications in Impact Modeling Studies II Posters

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Session ID#: 12764

Session Description:
Heatwaves and cold spells are responsible for severe impacts to society and ecosystems in many parts of the world. Changes in the frequency, intensity and distribution of such climate extremes under global warming will challenge current adaptation strategies. A wide range of indicators characterizing heatwaves and cold spells or related climate extremes indicators are available in the climate community and are used in impact studies (e.g., human health and heat stress, air pollution, ecosystem services, agriculture, energy, infrastructure). Incorporating climate extremes and related indicators or indices in impact modelling studies remains a challenge. Contributions are welcome, which explore the usefulness and limitations of climate extremes indicators (e.g. Heatwave index) in impact studies; compare impact studies using different climate extremes indicators or applying the same climate extremes indicator to different impacts; address associated uncertainties; and highlight future needs for designing such indicators to meet the requirements for use in impact studies.
Primary Convener:  Jana Sillmann, Universtiy of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Conveners:  Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, University of New South Wales, Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Simone Russo, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Econometrics and Applied Statistics Unit, Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards (COIN), Ispra (VA), Italy and Jacob Schewe, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
Chairs:  Jana Sillmann, Universtiy of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, University of New South Wales, Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia and Simone Russo, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Econometrics and Applied Statistics Unit, Competence Centre on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards (COIN), Ispra (VA), Italy
OSPA Liaison:  Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, University of New South Wales, Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Co-Organized with:
Public Affairs, Natural Hazards, and Public Affairs

Cross-Listed:
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1627 Coupled models of the climate system [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4321 Climate impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Asymmetrical Responses of Ecosystem Processes to Positive Versus Negative Precipitation Extremes: a Replicated Regression Experimental Approach (129024)
Andrew Jennings Felton, Montana State University, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States and Melinda Dianne Smith, Colorado State University, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, United States
Assessment of impacts of climate change on gender in the context of Nepal (132657)
Rubi Paudel, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal and Anil Acharya, Alabama A & M University, Normal, AL, United States
Changes in the Spatial Nature of Heat Waves Over North America (145740)
David Keellings, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Erin Bunting, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States
AgroClimate: Simulating and Monitoring the Risk of Extreme Weather Events from a Crop Phenology Perspective (157392)
Clyde Fraisse1, Diego Pequeno1, Caroline G Staub2 and Calvin Perry3, (1)University of Florida, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (3)University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
Identifying Changes in the Probability of High Temperature, High Humidity Heat Wave Events (161087)
Tristan Ballard, Stanford University, Stanford, United States and Noah S Diffenbaugh, Stanford University, Earth System Science and Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford, United States
Probability distribution analysis of observational extreme events and model evaluation (172236)
Qiwei Yu1, Alexis Kai-Hon Lau2, Jimmy Chi-Hung Fung2 and Ken T Tsang3, (1)Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division of Environment, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, (2)Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, (3)Beijing Normal University - Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, Statistics, ZhuHai, China
Projection of heat waves variation over a warming climate in China (173668)
Xiliu Yue1, Shaohong Wu1 and Tao Pan2, (1)IGSNRR Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China, (2)Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China
The anthropogenic influence on heat and humidity in the US Midwest (198183)
Hector Alejandro Inda Diaz1, Travis Allen O'Brien2 and Dáithí A Stone2, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Statistical modelling of forest fire danger rating based on meteorological, topographical and fuel factors in the Republic of Korea (185029)
Myoungsoo Won1, Sukhee Yoon2, Keunchang Jang2 and Jonghwan Lim2, (1)National Institute of Forest Science, Forest Resource Management and Restoration Division, Seoul, South Korea, (2)National Institute of Forest Science, Forest Ecology and Climate Change Division, Seoul, South Korea
Climate change and the frequency of simultaneous extreme heat events (194776)
Ethan Coffel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, Radley M Horton, Columbia University, Climate School, New York, United States and Alexander M de Sherbinin, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Palisades, NY, United States
Hydrological extremes in China from observations and multimodel simulations (178830)
Xingcai Liu1, Jun He2, Mengfei Mu2 and Qiuhong Tang2, (1)Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)IGSNRR Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China
Bias-Correction of Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation in NA-CORDEX Regional Climate Model Output (183043)
Seth A McGinnis and Linda Mearns, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Improving Spatiotemporal Representations of Extremes in High-Resolution Gridded Daily Precipitation Products (183951)
Jared Oyler, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, Robert Nicholas, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States and James R Kinney, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, United States
Projected changes in climate extremes by a high-resolution dynamically downscaled ensemble over the continental United States (198439)
Zachary Zobel, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, Jiali Wang, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, United States, Donald J Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, United States and Veerabhadra Rao Kotamarthi, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, United States

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