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

Authors

  • C.M. Goodess Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Ang
  • C. Hanson Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Ang
  • M. Hulme Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Environmental Sciences, Un
  • T.J. Osborn Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences,, and Tyndall Centre fo

Keywords:

Integrated Assessment Models, climate change, scenarios, extreme weather events, general circulation models, regional climate models.

Abstract

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.

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Published

2005-02-28

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2003)

Section

Articles