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episode 332: Attribution of Extreme Weather Events
Guests: Friederike Otto Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Thomas Machowinski
An important consequence of the warming of the planet due to climate change is that the frequency and/or severity of extreme weather events will increase. But how can we tell whether a particular event can be attributed to the changing climate? Would it have happened in “normal” climate as well, and if so, how would the event have been different? This aspect of climate science is called attribution science, and the guest of this episode, Friederike Otto is a pioneer in the field.
Introduction 00:05:28
Environental Change Institute | Global Warming | Attribution Science | Extreme Weather | Heat Stress | Drought | Hurricane
Attribution 00:18:04Climate Models | Greenhouse Gas | Probability | Aerosol | Heat Island
Simulation Approaches 00:44:13weather@home | ECMWF
Development of Attribution Science 01:04:49Bias