Changing probabilities of daily temperature extremes in the UK related to future global warming and changes in climate variability

Climate Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-31

  Barrow, E M ^a   Hulme, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Extreme events

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSION MODELLING; DAILY TEMPERATURE EXTREME; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION;

UK;

EID: 0029667208     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr006021     Document Type: Article

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