Search Results - "Hegerl, Gabriele C."

Human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes by Min, Seung-Ki, Zhang, Xuebin, Zwiers, Francis W., Hegerl, Gabriele C.

“…Human input to extreme rainfall A significant effect of anthropogenic activities has already been detected in observed trends in temperature and mean…”
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The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth's temperature to radiation changes by Knutti, Reto, Hegerl, Gabriele C

“…The Earth's climate is changing rapidly as a result of anthropogenic carbon emissions, and damaging impacts are expected to increase with warming. To prevent…”
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The most at-risk regions in the world for high-impact heatwaves by Thompson, Vikki, Mitchell, Dann, Hegerl, Gabriele C., Collins, Matthew, Leach, Nicholas J., Slingo, Julia M.

“…Heatwaves are becoming more frequent under climate change and can lead to thousands of excess deaths. Adaptation to extreme weather events often occurs in…”
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The early 20th century warming: Anomalies, causes, and consequences by Hegerl, Gabriele C., Brönnimann, Stefan, Schurer, Andrew, Cowan, Tim

“…The most pronounced warming in the historical global climate record prior to the recent warming occurred over the first half of the 20th century and is known…”
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Influence of Modes of Climate Variability on Global Precipitation Extremes by Kenyon, Jesse, Hegerl, Gabriele C.

“…The probability of climate extremes is strongly affected by atmospheric circulation. This study quantifies the worldwide influence of three major modes of…”
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Attributing intensification of precipitation extremes to human influence by Zhang, Xuebin, Wan, Hui, Zwiers, Francis W., Hegerl, Gabriele C., Min, Seung-Ki

“…This study provides estimates of the human contribution to the observed widespread intensification of precipitation extremes. We consider the annual maxima of…”
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The global precipitation response to volcanic eruptions in the CMIP5 models by Iles, Carley E, Hegerl, Gabriele C

“…We examine the precipitation response to volcanic eruptions in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) historical simulations compared to…”
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Constraining Human Contributions to Observed Warming Since the Pre-industrial Period by Gillett, Nathan P, Kirchmeier-Young, Megan, Ribes, Aurelien, Shiogama, Hideo, Hegerl, Gabriele C, Knutti, Reto, Gastineau, Guillaume, John, Jasmin G, L, Lijuan, Nazarenko, Larissa, Rosenbloom, Nan, Seland, Øyvind, Wu, Tongwen, Yukimoto, Seiji

“…Parties to the Paris Agreement agreed to holding global average temperature increases “well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to…”
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Systematic change in global patterns of streamflow following volcanic eruptions by Iles, Carley E., Hegerl, Gabriele C.

“…Following large explosive volcanic eruptions, precipitation decreases over much of the globe. An analysis of streamflow records from fifty large rivers reveals…”
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Small influence of solar variability on climate over the past millennium by Schurer, Andrew P., Tett, Simon F. B., Hegerl, Gabriele C.

“…Climate variations over the past 1,000 years correspond to solar fluctuations, but the magnitude of the solar variability is unclear. An analysis of numerical…”
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Causes of climate change over the historical record by Hegerl, Gabriele C, Brönnimann, Stefan, Cowan, Tim, Friedman, Andrew R, Hawkins, Ed, Iles, Carley, Müller, Wolfgang, Schurer, Andrew, Undorf, Sabine

“…This review addresses the causes of observed climate variations across the industrial period, from 1750 to present. It focuses on long-term changes, both in…”
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Detectable Changes in the Frequency of Temperature Extremes by Morak, Simone, Hegerl, Gabriele C., Christidis, Nikolaos

“…This study determines whether observed recent changes in the frequency of hot and cold extremes over land can be explained by climate variability or whether…”
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Spatial and seasonal patterns in climate change, temperatures, and precipitation across the United States by Portmann, Robert W, Solomon, Susan, Hegerl, Gabriele C

“…Changes in climate during the 20th century differ from region to region across the United States. We provide strong evidence that spatial variations in US…”
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Influence of Modes of Climate Variability on Global Temperature Extremes by Kenyon, Jesse, Hegerl, Gabriele C.

“…The influence of large-scale modes of climate variability on worldwide summer and winter temperature extremes has been analyzed, namely, that of the El…”
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Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily temperature and precipitation data by Zhang, Xuebin, Alexander, Lisa, Hegerl, Gabriele C., Jones, Philip, Tank, Albert Klein, Peterson, Thomas C., Trewin, Blair, Zwiers, Francis W.

“…Indices for climate variability and extremes have been used for a long time, often by assessing days with temperature or precipitation observations above or…”
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Towards advancing scientific knowledge of climate change impacts on short-duration rainfall extremes by Fowler, Hayley J, Ali, Haider, Allan, Richard P, Ban, Nikolina, Barbero, Renaud, Berg, Peter, Blenkinsop, Stephen, Cabi, Nalan Senol, Chan, Steven, Dale, Murray, Dunn, Robert J H, Ekström, Marie, Evans, Jason P, Fosser, Giorgia, Golding, Brian, Guerreiro, Selma B, Hegerl, Gabriele C, Kahraman, Abdullah, Kendon, Elizabeth J, Lenderink, Geert, Lewis, Elizabeth, Li, Xiaofeng, O'Gorman, Paul A, Orr, Harriet G, Peat, Katy L, Prein, Andreas F, Pritchard, David, Schär, Christoph, Sharma, Ashish, Stott, Peter A, Villalobos-Herrera, Roberto, Villarini, Gabriele, Wasko, Conrad, Wehner, Michael F, Westra, Seth, Whitford, Anna

“…A large number of recent studies have aimed at understanding short-duration rainfall extremes, due to their impacts on flash floods, landslides and debris…”
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Climate change is physics by Hegerl, Gabriele C.

“…Two founding fathers of climate science and climate modelling were honoured with the Nobel prize in physics this year. They led early climate research towards…”
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The Importance of Accounting for the North Atlantic Oscillation When Applying Observational Constraints to European Climate Projections by Ballinger, Andrew P., Schurer, Andrew P., O’Reilly, Christopher H., Hegerl, Gabriele C.

“…Variability in the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has contributed to the recent multidecadal trends observed in European climate, especially to trends in…”
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Marine heatwaves in global sea surface temperature records since 1850 by von Kietzell, Arno, Schurer, Andrew, Hegerl, Gabriele C

“…Abstract The adverse impacts of marine heatwaves (MHWs) on marine ecosystems and human activities are well-documented, yet observational studies tend to…”
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Detection of human influence on twentieth-century precipitation trends by Zwiers, Francis W, Zhang, Xuebin, Hegerl, Gabriele C, Lambert, F. Hugo, Gillett, Nathan P, Solomon, Susan, Stott, Peter A, Nozawa, Toru

“…Human influence on climate has been detected in surface air temperature, sea level pressure, free atmospheric temperature, tropopause height and ocean heat…”
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