Radley M Horton
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6569047 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Radley M Horton |
| PRENOMES | Radley M |
| SOBRENOME | Horton |
| ASSINATURA | HORTON R M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5574-9962 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Temporal connections between extreme precipitation and humid heat
Individually, extreme humid heat and extreme precipitation events can trigger widespread socioeconomic impacts which disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. These impacts might become greater when both events occur in close temporal proximity, for example if emergency responses to heat stress casualties are hindered by flooded roads. Improved understanding of the probabilities and physical mechanisms associated with these events’ tempor…
Latent heat must be visible in climate communications
Anthropogenic forcing is driving energy accumulation in the Earth system, including increases in the sensible heat content of the atmosphere, as measured by dry‐bulb temperature—the metric that is almost universally used for communications about climate change. The atmosphere is also moistening, though, representing an accumulation of latent heat, which is partly concealed by dry‐bulb temperature trends. We highlight that, consistent with basic t…
Perceptions of Climate Risk and Use of Climate Risk Information by Natural Resource Conservation Stakeholders Participating in Advance Projects in Asia and Latin America
Integrating climate risk information into resilience-building activities in the field is important to ensure that adaptation is based on the best available science. Despite this, many challenges exist when developing, communicating, and incorporating climate risk information. There are limited resources on how stakeholders perceive risks, use risk information, and what barriers exist to limit knowledge integration. This paper seeks to define the …
A typology of compound weather and climate events
The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance
Humid heat extremes are rapidly increasing and may have already briefly exceeded humans’ physiological survivability limit.
Nonlinear increases in extreme temperatures paradoxically dampen increases in extreme humid-heat
Nonlinear increases in warm season temperatures are projected for many regions, a phenomenon we show to be associated with relative surface drying. However, negative human health impacts are physiologically linked to combinations of high temperatures and high humidity. Since the amplified warming and drying are concurrent, the net effect on humid-heat, as measured by the wet bulb temperature ( T W ), is uncertain. We demonstrate that globally, on…
Projected increase in the spatial extent of contiguous US summer heat waves and associated attributes
The frequency, intensity and duration of heat waves are all expected to increase as the climate warms in response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. The focus of this study is on another dimension of heat waves, their spatial extent, something that has not been studied systematically by researchers but has important implications for associated impacts. Of particular interest are spatially contiguous heat wave regions, examined here over…
Influence of internal variability on population exposure to hydroclimatic changes
Future freshwater supply, human water demand, and people's exposure to water stress are subject to multiple sources of uncertainty, including unknown future pathways of fossil fuel and water consumption, and 'irreducible' uncertainty arising from internal climate system variability. Such internal variability can conceal forced hydroclimatic changes on multi-decadal timescales and near-continental spatial-scales. Using three projections of populat…
Temperature and humidity based projections of a rapid rise in global heat stress exposure during the 21st century
As a result of global increases in both temperature and specific humidity, heat stress is projected to intensify throughout the 21 st century. Some of the regions most susceptible to dangerous heat and humidity combinations are also among the most densely populated. Consequently, there is the potential for widespread exposure to wet bulb temperatures that approach and in some cases exceed postulated theoretical limits of human tolerance by mid- t…
Reply to “Comment on ‘Climate Change and the Impact of Extreme Temperatures on Aviation’”
Corresponding author address: Ethan D. Coffel, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025. E-mail: [email protected] original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00026.1
Climate Change and the Impact of Extreme Temperatures on Aviation
Temperature and airport elevation significantly influence the maximum allowable takeoff weight of an aircraft by changing the surface air density and thus the lift produced at a given speed. For a given runway length, airport elevation, and aircraft type, there is a temperature threshold above which the airplane cannot take off at its maximum weight and thus must be weight restricted. The number of summer days necessitating weight restriction has…
Revisiting the potential of melt pond fraction as a predictor for the seasonal Arctic sea ice extent minimum
The rapid change in Arctic sea ice in recent decades has led to a rising demand for seasonal sea ice prediction. A recent modeling study that employed a prognostic melt pond model in a stand-alone sea ice model found that September Arctic sea ice extent can be accurately predicted from the melt pond fraction in May. Here we show that satellite observations show no evidence of predictive skill in May. However, we find that a significantly strong r…
Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea‐level projections at a global network of tide‐gauge sites
Heat-Related Mortality in a Warming Climate
Heat is among the deadliest weather-related phenomena in the United States, and the number of heat-related deaths may increase under a changing climate, particularly in urban areas. Regional adaptation planning is unfortunately often limited by the lack of quantitative information on potential future health responses. This study presents an assessment of the future impacts of climate change on heat-related mortality in 12 cities using 16 global c…
Projected Heat-Related Mortality in the U.S. Urban Northeast
Increased heat-related mortality is projected to be among the major impacts of climate change on human health, and the United States urban Northeast region is likely to be particularly vulnerable. In support of regional adaptation planning, quantitative information is needed on potential future health responses at the urban and regional scales. Here, we present future projections of heat-related mortality in Boston, New York and Philadelphia util…
Multi-factor impact analysis of agricultural production in Bangladesh with climate change
Multi-factor impact analysis of agricultural production in Bangladesh with climate change
Latent heat must be visible in climate communications
Anthropogenic forcing is driving energy accumulation in the Earth system, including increases in the sensible heat content of the atmosphere, as measured by dry‐bulb temperature—the metric that is almost universally used for communications about climate change. The atmosphere is also moistening, though, representing an accumulation of latent heat, which is partly concealed by dry‐bulb temperature trends. We highlight that, consistent with basic t…
Multi-factor impact analysis of agricultural production in Bangladesh with climate change
Projected Heat-Related Mortality in the U.S. Urban Northeast
Increased heat-related mortality is projected to be among the major impacts of climate change on human health, and the United States urban Northeast region is likely to be particularly vulnerable. In support of regional adaptation planning, quantitative information is needed on potential future health responses at the urban and regional scales. Here, we present future projections of heat-related mortality in Boston, New York and Philadelphia util…
Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea‐level projections at a global network of tide‐gauge sites
Heat-Related Mortality in a Warming Climate
Heat is among the deadliest weather-related phenomena in the United States, and the number of heat-related deaths may increase under a changing climate, particularly in urban areas. Regional adaptation planning is unfortunately often limited by the lack of quantitative information on potential future health responses. This study presents an assessment of the future impacts of climate change on heat-related mortality in 12 cities using 16 global c…
Climate Change and the Impact of Extreme Temperatures on Aviation
Temperature and airport elevation significantly influence the maximum allowable takeoff weight of an aircraft by changing the surface air density and thus the lift produced at a given speed. For a given runway length, airport elevation, and aircraft type, there is a temperature threshold above which the airplane cannot take off at its maximum weight and thus must be weight restricted. The number of summer days necessitating weight restriction has…
Revisiting the potential of melt pond fraction as a predictor for the seasonal Arctic sea ice extent minimum
The rapid change in Arctic sea ice in recent decades has led to a rising demand for seasonal sea ice prediction. A recent modeling study that employed a prognostic melt pond model in a stand-alone sea ice model found that September Arctic sea ice extent can be accurately predicted from the melt pond fraction in May. Here we show that satellite observations show no evidence of predictive skill in May. However, we find that a significantly strong r…
Reply to “Comment on ‘Climate Change and the Impact of Extreme Temperatures on Aviation’”
Corresponding author address: Ethan D. Coffel, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025. E-mail: [email protected] original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/WCAS-D-14-00026.1
Influence of internal variability on population exposure to hydroclimatic changes
Future freshwater supply, human water demand, and people's exposure to water stress are subject to multiple sources of uncertainty, including unknown future pathways of fossil fuel and water consumption, and 'irreducible' uncertainty arising from internal climate system variability. Such internal variability can conceal forced hydroclimatic changes on multi-decadal timescales and near-continental spatial-scales. Using three projections of populat…
Temperature and humidity based projections of a rapid rise in global heat stress exposure during the 21st century
As a result of global increases in both temperature and specific humidity, heat stress is projected to intensify throughout the 21 st century. Some of the regions most susceptible to dangerous heat and humidity combinations are also among the most densely populated. Consequently, there is the potential for widespread exposure to wet bulb temperatures that approach and in some cases exceed postulated theoretical limits of human tolerance by mid- t…
Nonlinear increases in extreme temperatures paradoxically dampen increases in extreme humid-heat
Nonlinear increases in warm season temperatures are projected for many regions, a phenomenon we show to be associated with relative surface drying. However, negative human health impacts are physiologically linked to combinations of high temperatures and high humidity. Since the amplified warming and drying are concurrent, the net effect on humid-heat, as measured by the wet bulb temperature ( T W ), is uncertain. We demonstrate that globally, on…
Projected increase in the spatial extent of contiguous US summer heat waves and associated attributes
The frequency, intensity and duration of heat waves are all expected to increase as the climate warms in response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. The focus of this study is on another dimension of heat waves, their spatial extent, something that has not been studied systematically by researchers but has important implications for associated impacts. Of particular interest are spatially contiguous heat wave regions, examined here over…
A typology of compound weather and climate events
The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance
Humid heat extremes are rapidly increasing and may have already briefly exceeded humans’ physiological survivability limit.
Perceptions of Climate Risk and Use of Climate Risk Information by Natural Resource Conservation Stakeholders Participating in Advance Projects in Asia and Latin America
Integrating climate risk information into resilience-building activities in the field is important to ensure that adaptation is based on the best available science. Despite this, many challenges exist when developing, communicating, and incorporating climate risk information. There are limited resources on how stakeholders perceive risks, use risk information, and what barriers exist to limit knowledge integration. This paper seeks to define the …
Latent heat must be visible in climate communications
Anthropogenic forcing is driving energy accumulation in the Earth system, including increases in the sensible heat content of the atmosphere, as measured by dry‐bulb temperature—the metric that is almost universally used for communications about climate change. The atmosphere is also moistening, though, representing an accumulation of latent heat, which is partly concealed by dry‐bulb temperature trends. We highlight that, consistent with basic t…
Temporal connections between extreme precipitation and humid heat
Individually, extreme humid heat and extreme precipitation events can trigger widespread socioeconomic impacts which disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. These impacts might become greater when both events occur in close temporal proximity, for example if emergency responses to heat stress casualties are hindered by flooded roads. Improved understanding of the probabilities and physical mechanisms associated with these events’ tempor…
Environmental Science (15 obras) · Geography (14 obras) · Climate change (13 obras) · Climatology (11 obras) · Meteorology (11 obras) · Climate variability and models (9 obras) · Geology (8 obras) · Atmospheric sciences (6 obras) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (6 obras) · Climate model (5 obras)