Tentative probabilistic temperature scenarios for northern Europe

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-101

  Benestad, Rasmus E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WARMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1642633873     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2004.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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