Nonstationary weather and water extremes: a review of methods for their detection, attribution, and management

Slater, Louise J.; Anderson, Bailey; Buechel, Marcus; Dadson, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6144-4639; Han, Shasha; Harrigan, Shaun; Kelder, Timo; Kowal, Katie; Lees, Thomas; Matthews, Tom; Murphy, Conor; Wilby, Robert L.. 2021 Nonstationary weather and water extremes: a review of methods for their detection, attribution, and management. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (7). 3897-3935. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3897-2021

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3897-2021

Abstract/Summary

Hydroclimatic extremes such as intense rainfall, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and wind or storms have devastating effects each year. One of the key challenges for society is understanding how these extremes are evolving and likely to unfold beyond their historical distributions under the influence of multiple drivers such as changes in climate, land cover, and other human factors. Methods for analysing hydroclimatic extremes have advanced considerably in recent decades. Here we provide a review of the drivers, metrics, and methods for the detection, attribution, management, and projection of nonstationary hydroclimatic extremes. We discuss issues and uncertainty associated with these approaches (e.g. arising from insufficient record length, spurious nonstationarities, or incomplete representation of nonstationary sources in modelling frameworks), examine empirical and simulation-based frameworks for analysis of nonstationary extremes, and identify gaps for future research.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3897-2021
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Hydro-climate Risks (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	1027-5606
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
NORA Subject Terms:	Meteorology and Climatology
Date made live:	22 Jul 2021 11:48 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530765

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3897-2021

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Hydro-climate Risks (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

1027-5606

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

NORA Subject Terms:

Meteorology and Climatology