edu.ucar.opensky::articles:17416 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-26T04:09:27.015071 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7377b08 Improving societal outcomes of extreme weather in a changing climate: An integrated perspective 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7377b08 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-060809-100145 Morss, Rebecca E. author Wilhelmi, Olga author Meehl, Gerald A. author Dilling, L. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Despite hazard mitigation efforts and scientific and technological advances, extreme weather events continue to cause substantial losses. The impacts of extreme weather result from complex interactions among physical and human systems across spatial and temporal scales. This article synthesizes current interdisciplinary knowledge about extreme weather, including temperature extremes (heat and cold waves), precipitation extremes (including floods and droughts), and storms and severe weather (including tropical cyclones). We discuss hydrometeorological aspects of extreme weather; projections of changes in extremes with anthropogenic climate change; and how social vulnerability, coping, and adaptation shape the societal impacts of extreme weather. We find four critical gaps where work is needed in order to improve outcomes of extreme weather: 1) reducing vulnerability; 2) enhancing adaptive capacity, including decision flexibility; 3) improving the usability of scientific information in decision making, and 4) understanding and addressing local causes of harm through participatory, community-based work framed within the larger policy context. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Posted with permission from the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 36. Copyright 2011 by Annual Reviews, http://www.annualreviews.org None eng geoscientificInformation