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Autor:
Stanley A. Changnon, Joyce M. Changnon
Publikováno v:
Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards. 4:105-111
An extensive new database identifying ice storm losses allowed a first, definitive assessment of these storms in the US. During 1949–2000, 87 major ice storms each causing property losses >$1 million, occurred and resulting losses totaled $16.3 bil
Publikováno v:
Physical Geography. 22:1-27
An annual index measuring past national losses and capable of measuring future loss from weather and climate extremes was developed to help measure future shifts in climate, a subject of great concern to the global warming issue and the insurance ind
Autor:
Stanley A. Changnon, Joyce M. Changnon
Publikováno v:
Journal of Great Lakes Research. 22:100-118
The history of the Chicago diversion was analyzed to gather information for assessing the potential effects and responses to global climate warming and drying in the Great Lakes basin. The mix of social, economic, political, and climatic factors that
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 76:711-720
The uses and potential applications of climate forecasts for electric and gas utilities were assessed 1) to discern needs for improving climate forecasts and guiding future research, and 2) to assist utilities in making wise use of forecasts. In-dept
Autor:
Joyce M. Changnon, Stanley A. Changnon
Publikováno v:
Climatic Change. 22:191-208
A unique historical data set describing the 142 storms producing losses in excess of $100 million in the United States during the 1950–89 period were analyzed to describe their temporal characteristics. These ‘weather disasters’ (WDs) caused $6
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 73:1623-1629
A group of atmospheric scientists, members of two midwestern AMS chapters, were polled in 1982 and in 1992 about their perceptions of current climate trends and the climate-change issue. Most corre...
Autor:
Stanley A. Changnon, Joyce M. Changnon
Publikováno v:
Natural Hazards. 6:93-107
A unique historical data set describing the 142 storms each producing losses in excess of $100 million in the United States during the 1950–89 period were analyzed to describe their temporal characteristics. The storms caused $66.2 billion in losse
Autor:
Stanley A. Changnon, Joyce M. Changnon
Publikováno v:
Journal of Applied Meteorology. 28:1185-1196
Historical hourly rainfall data (1950–84) were subjected to spatial and temporal analyses to provide information for developing rainfall insurance rates for the contiguous United States. The dimensions of the study illustrate a balance between insu