Sentences with phrase «extreme weather indices»

Not exact matches

Responding to the extreme weather that gripped the eastern coast of the US this winter, Yannick Peings continued: «Unlike the 2012/2013 winter, this winter had rather low values of the AMO index and the pattern of sea surface temperature anomalies was not consistent with the typical positive AMO pattern.

The report for 2012, based on an index of fatalities and economic damage from weather extremes, noted that Haiti was struck by Hurricane Sandy, the Philippines by typhoon Bopha and Pakistan had suffered severe monsoon floods.

These types of weather and climate extremes are trending upward, as indicated by the NCEI Climate Extremeextremes are trending upward, as indicated by the NCEI Climate ExtremesExtremes Index.

Through the end of June, the South has had the most extreme weather during this period since the Climate Extremes Index began in 1910, with 56.86 percent of the region affected by extreme weather.

In the more adverse «disaster» scenario — which entails vast deforestation, dramatic biodiversity declines and increasing extreme weather — the global index falls by 15 percent, with the deepest losses felt in poor regions.

When weather - related damages are adjusted («normalized») to account for changes in population, per capita income, and the consumer price index, there is no long - term trend such as might indicate an increase in the frequency or severity of extreme weather related to global climate change.

tropical cyclones, climate change, global warming, extreme weather, hurricanes, typhoons, trend analysis, general linear model, applied statistics, accumulated cyclone energy, ACE index, cyclone activity, trend analysis

Pakistan Today: Despite severe flooding in 2011, Pakistan managed to drop itself from first last year, to third position this year in the league table for countries that were worst hit by extreme weather events in 2011, according to a «climate risk index 2013» published here on Tuesday.

Alertnet: Bangladesh is planning to introduce crop insurance based on a weather index to reduce farmers» economic vulnerability to shifting climate patterns and extreme weather events.

The index shows how each country will be able to respond to extreme weather like droughts, blizzards, hurricanes, wildfires, and floods connecting to our changing climate — and how long it will take for each to adapt.

WGII Figure 7.3 History of FAO food and cereal price index showing the impact of extreme weather events on world food prices

NOAA established the U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI) in 1996 to track extreme weather events.

NOAA's Climate Extremes Index also ranked 2012 as the second-most extreme year for weather.

Through the end of June, the South has had the most extreme weather during this period since the Climate Extremes Index began in 1910, with 56.86 percent of the region affected by extreme weather.

Our focus on two Arctic - only indicators and an index for extreme winter weather offers new evidence and clues about the effects of a rapidly warming and melting Arctic on the rest of the globe.