Evaluating Climate Change Impacts

Evaluating Climate Change Impacts provides a comprehensive view of climate change and its impacts from a multi-faceted perspective,using statistics and data science to assess ecosystem,social,and infrastructure resilience. It offers a multi-disciplinary approach to mitigating climate-induced risk and enhancing climate adaptation strategies,with chapters from leading experts in natural ecosystems and socio-economic impacts.

Format: Hardback
Length: 382 pages
Publication date: 07 October 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Evaluating Climate Change Impacts delves into the comprehensive assessment and quantification of climate change and its far-reaching impacts across ecosystems, societies, and infrastructure resilience. Through a statistical and data science lens, it offers a multi-disciplinary perspective on the implications of climate variability, highlighting how the emerging data science paradigm can aid in mitigating climate-induced risks and enhancing climate adaptation strategies.

This comprehensive book is comprised of chapters authored by esteemed topical experts, presenting their insights into climate change effects in two primary areas: natural ecosystems and socio-economic impacts. The chapters explore a range of topics, including atmospheric circulation, climate modeling, and long-term predictions, addressing the challenges posed by the increasing frequency of extreme events such as sea level rise, forest fires, and economic losses. Additionally, they examine the climate impacts on insurance, agriculture, fisheries, electric and transport infrastructures.

The reader is guided through the current research employing a diverse array of methods, including physical modeling, statistics, machine learning, and global circulation models (GCM) and ocean models. These methods encompass statistical generalized additive models (GAM) and generalized linear models (GLM), state space and graphical models, causality networks, Bayesian ensembles, index methods, statistical tests, and machine learning techniques. The reader gains exposure to data from various sources, including GCM and ocean model outputs, satellite observations, and data collected by various agencies and research units. Many chapters also provide references to open-source software R and Python code that can be utilized to implement the discussed methods.

By exploring these diverse perspectives and methodologies, Evaluating Climate Change Impacts provides valuable insights into the complex dynamics of climate change and its multifaceted impacts, equipping readers with the tools and knowledge necessary to navigate the challenges and opportunities posed by this global phenomenon.

Weight: 788g
Dimension: 158 x 242 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780815392378