Change in mean temperature as a predictor of extreme temperature change in the Asia-Pacific region

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1301-1330

  Griffiths, G M ^a   Chambers, L E ^b   Haylock, M R ^c   Manton, M J ^b   Nicholls, N ^b   Baek, H J ^d   Choi, Y ^e   Della Marta, P M ^f   Gosai, A ^a   Iga, N ^g   Lata, R ^h   Laurent, V ⁱ   Maitrepierre, L ^j   Nakamigawa, H ^k   Ouprasitwong, N ^l   Solofa, D ^m   Tahani, L ⁿ   Thuy, D T ^o   Tibig, L ^p   Trewin, B ^b   Vediapan, K ^q   Zhai, P ^r   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^e Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g Papua New Guinea Institute of Research   (Papua New Guinea)

^h Fiji Meteorological Service   (Fiji)

ⁱ MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^j Meteo France   (New Caledonia)

^k JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^l Meteorological Department   (Thailand)

^m Meteorological Division   (Samoa)

ⁿ Solomon Islands Meteorological Service   (Solomon Islands)

^o Climate Research Centre   (Viet Nam)

^p Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration   (Philippines)

^q Malaysian Meteorological Service   (Malaysia)

^r NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Correlation; Extreme; Mean; Temperature; Urbanization; Variance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

MEAN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE INDICES; URBANIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

PREDICTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; WORLD;

EID: 23844446062     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1194     Document Type: Article

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