Mean versus extreme climate in the Mediterranean region and its sensitivity to future global warning conditions

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-347

  Paeth, Heiko ^a   Hense, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 25844467695     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0036     Document Type: Article

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