92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

Session 4: Extreme Events in Weather, Water, and Climate


Cochairs:  E. Gilleland, NCAR and Adam H. Monahan, University of Victoria
Papers:
 
4.1
US Landfalling Hurricanes and Economic Damage: An Extreme Value Perspective
Daniel R. Chavas, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and E. Yonekura, C. Karamperidou, N. Cavanaugh, and K. Serafin

 
4.3
On the Predictability of Extreme Temperatures on Medium to Sub-Seasonal Time Scales
Violeta E. Toma, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and J. I. Belanger, M. T. Jelinek, B. D. Campbell, P. Webster, and J. Curry

 
4.4
Investigating Drivers of European Hot Spells Using Extreme Value Analysis
David J. Keellings, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and M. Jones, C. Dewes, and C. Photiadou

 
4.5
A General Perspective of Extreme Events in Weather and Climate
Philip Sura, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

 
4.6
Need for Caution in Interpreting Extreme Weather Statistics
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES/CDC and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. P. Compo and C. Penland