Signals of anthropogenic influence on European warming as seen the trend patterns of daily temperature variance

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Klein Tank, A M G ^a   Konnen G P ^a   Selten, F M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic causes; Attribution; Climate change; Daily climate extremes; Detection; European climate; Global warming

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; DAILY TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; NATURAL VARIABILITY; SUMMER WARMING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13644251729     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1087     Document Type: Article

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