Trends in extreme weather and climate events: Issues related to modeling extremes in projections of future climate change

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 427-436

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Zwiers, Francis ^b   Evans, Jenni ^c   Knutson, Thomas ^d   Mearns, Linda ^a   Whetton, Peter ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0000380129     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0427:TIEWAC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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