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SUMMARY:Understanding and modeling weather and climate extremes: Challenge
 s and opportunities for science and society (by Jana Sillmann)
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DESCRIPTION:One of today’s major challenges in climate sciences is how t
 o use our state-of-the-art models and climate system knowledge to inform d
 ecision making regarding societal responses to climate change. Among the f
 ive key reasons for concern\, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on 
 Climate Change (IPCC)\, are the risks from weather and climate extremes. S
 evere impacts could be prevented or alleviated through appropriate adaptat
 ion measures and better preparedness. Weather and climate extremes are inf
 luenced by a complex interplay of natural and anthropogenic factors that d
 etermine their occurrence\, frequency\, and intensity. Adaptation planning
  is challenged to take into account near- and long term variability and ch
 anges in weather and climate extremes and associated uncertainties. Differ
 ent opportunities to provide impact-relevant information on changes in wea
 ther and climate extremes will be presented\, which involves\, for instanc
 e\, finding appropriated indicators and incorporating process understandin
 g in extreme value distributions.
LOCATION:SR Wegener Center\, Brandhofgasse 5\, 1st floor
ORGANIZER;CN="Douglas Maraun";ROLE=CHAIR:MAILTO:douglas.maraun@uni-graz.at
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