Inhaltsangabe1. Statistical Indices for Diagnosing and Detecting Changes in Extremes 2. Statistical Methods for Nonstationary Extremes3. Bayesian Methods for Nonstationary Extreme Value Analysis 4. Return Periods and Return Levels Under Climate Change5. Multivariate Extreme Value Methods6. Methods of Tail Dependence Estimation 7. Stochastic Models of Climate Extremes:Theory and Observations8. Methods of Projecting Future Changes in Extremes9. Climate Variability and Weather Extremes: Model-Simulated and Historical Data10. Uncertainties in Observed Changes in Climate Extremes 11. Uncertainties in Projections of Future Changes in Extremes12. Global Data Sets for Analysis of Climate Extremes13. Nonstationarity in Extremes and Engineering Design Index