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Contribution to Book
Climate and Weather Extremes
Florida's Climate: Changes, Variations, & Impacts
  • Jennifer Collins, University of South Florida
  • Charles M. Paxton, Channelside Weather LLC, Tampa, FL
  • Thomas Wahl, University of Central Florida
  • Christopher T. Emrich, University of Central Florida
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Keywords
  • Weather extremes,
  • Seasonality,
  • Climate variability,
  • Frequencies,
  • Attribution
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.17125/fci2017.ch20
Disciplines
Abstract

This chapter examines Floridaís extreme weather hazards: 1) why they happen, 2) their relation to interannual to multidecadal climate variability, and 3) the potential of each hazard and spatial variability across the state. The weather hazards indicated are under these broad categories: precipitation (rainfall, flooding, droughts), thunderstorms (lightning, hail, convective wind, tornadoes), tropical weather (tropical storms and hurricanes), and temperatures (extreme highs and lows). The conclusions section mainly addresses the challenge of attributing extreme events to human-induced climate change.

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Climate and Weather Extremes, in E. P. Chassignet, J. W. Jones, V. Misra & J. Obeysekera (Eds.), Florida's Climate: Changes, Variations, & Impacts, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, p. 579-615

Citation Information
Jennifer Collins, Charles M. Paxton, Thomas Wahl and Christopher T. Emrich. "Climate and Weather Extremes" Florida's Climate: Changes, Variations, & Impacts (2017) p. 579 - 615
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifercollins/6/