Fine-scale processes regulate the response of extreme events to global climate change

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 44, 2005, Pages 15774-15778

  Diffenbaugh, Noah S ^a   Pal, Jeremy S ^b   Trapp, Robert J ^a   Giorgi, Filippo ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO2; Extreme climate; RegCM3; Regional climate model; United States

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SNOW;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; COLD; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT; RAIN; SNOW; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644485013     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506042102     Document Type: Article

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