@article{30247,
  keywords = {climate, risk management, economics, extremes},
  author = {Linwood Pendleton and Thomas R Karl and Evan Mills},
  title = {Economic Growth in the Face of Weather and Climate Extremes: A Call for Better Data},
  abstract = {<p>The U.S. economy has grown to be the world's largest, even in the face of the most varied and costly weather and climate extremes on the planet (see <a title="Link to external resource: http://www.munichreamerica.com/webinars/2013_01_natcatreview/MunichRe_III_NatCat01032013.pdf" href="http://www.munichreamerica.com/webinars/2013_01_natcatreview/MunichRe_III_NatCat01032013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.munichreamerica.com/webinars/2013_01_natcatreview/MunichRe_III_NatCat01032013.pdf</a>). Nevertheless, these extremes continue to take a toll on the nation, diverting public and private funds while limiting economic growth and jobs and threatening the well-being of Americans. Extreme weather events affect every state and manifest differently by region (see Figure&nbsp;1 in Supporting Information in the online version of this Forum and <a title="Link to external resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/summary-stats" href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/summary-stats" target="_blank">http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/summary-stats</a>).</p>},
  year = {2013},
  journal = {Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union},
  volume = {94},
  number = {25},
  month = {06/2013},
  doi = {10.1002/2013EO250005},
  language = {eng},
}