  Understanding the dynamics of climate extreme is important in its prediction
and modeling. In this study, linear trends in percentile, threshold, absolute,
and duration based temperature and precipitation extremes indicator were
obtained for the period 1979 - 2012 using the ETCCDI data set. The pattern of
trend was compared with nonlinear measures (Entropy, Hurst Exponent, Recurrence
Quantification Analysis) of temperature and precipitation. Regions which show
positive trends in temperature based extremes were found to be areas with low
entropy and chaotic. Complexity measures also revealed that the dynamics of the
southern hemisphere differs from that of the northern hemisphere.
