Nevertheless, extreme climatic events such as droughts, heatwaves, and cold spells not only modify hydro-meteorological conditions but also alter the underlying characteristics (e.g., wildfires due to droughts changing the vegetation cover) (Xia and Zhu, 2002; Cai and Rosegrant, 2004; Xia et ...
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The first SR published two books, namely one compiling good practices in realising the HRtWS [3] as well as a handbook on the HRtWS [4], which spells out how governments can integrate the HRtWS into their work. The second Rapporteur developed a follow-up exercise of seven of his ...
The concept of climate is much more than this, for it also includes the extremes of weather—the heat waves of summer and the cold spells of winter—that occur in a particular region. The frequency of these extremes is what helps us distinguish among climates that have similar averages. ...