Development of Precise Indices for Assessing the Potential Impacts of Climate Change

The Special Issue on climate indices and climate change deals with various kinds of indices exits to assess weather and climate over a region. These indices might be based on local, regional, remote variables, which may affect and define the weather and climate of a region. Climate indices are the t...

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Published inAtmosphere Vol. 11; no. 11; p. 1231
Main Author Kumar, Vinay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2020
Subjects
Archipelagoes
Climate change
climate indices
Climatic indexes
Cyclones
Dry air
El Nino
El Nino phenomena
El Nino-Southern Oscillation event
Environmental impact
General circulation models
HCI
Heavy precipitation
Hurricanes
Hydrology
Physical sciences
Precipitation
Rain
Rainfall
Records & achievements
Regions
SDI
SOI
Southern Oscillation
Southern Oscillation Index
TCI
Tourism
Troposphere
Variables
Weather
Indian Ocean
China
Arctic region
India
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Summary:The Special Issue on climate indices and climate change deals with various kinds of indices exits to assess weather and climate over a region. These indices might be based on local, regional, remote variables, which may affect and define the weather and climate of a region. Climate indices are the time series used to monitor the state of the climate and its relationship with other possible causes. With indices being myriad, it is challenging to choose which one is appropriate for a region of interest. However, the relationship between the indices and the climate of a region varies. El-Nino Southern Oscillation (Southern Oscillation Index, SOI/ENSO) is one of the most robust climate signals that stimulate rainfall, temperature, and hurricanes via teleconnections. SOI has a correlation of 0.5 over the Indonesian archipelago. Here, some of the well-known indices Holiday Climate Index (HCI), Tourism Climate Index (TCI), and Simple Diversity Index (SDI) are being reconnoitered to understand the holiday-tourism, end-of-the-day (EOD) judgment. The intrusion of dry air in the middle troposphere can create unstable weather, leading to heavy precipitation. The Special Issue seeks to encourage researchers to discover new indices in multidisciplinary department of atmospheric and physical sciences.
ISSN:2073-4433
2073-4433
DOI:10.3390/atmos11111231