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Climate Extremes Index: a standalone construct

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ClimateExtremes Index1 CONSTRUCTClimate Extremes IndexKARL · CLIMATE EXTREMES

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Climate extremes

a composite of the fraction of an area affected by extremes in temperature, drought, heavy precipitation and other indicators, used to track change in extremes.

In climate extremes, Climate Extremes Index refers to a composite of the fraction of an area affected by extremes in temperature, drought, heavy precipitation and other indicators, used to track change in extremes. This meaning comes from Karl (1996) in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.[1]

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References

  1. Karl, T. R., Knight, R. W., Easterling, D. R., & Quayle, R. G. (1996). Indices of Climate Change for the United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77(2), 279-292. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0279:ioccft>2.0.co;2

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