Can we expect more extreme precipitation on the monthly time scale?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 630-637

  Benestad, Rasmus E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS;

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; WEATHER;

EID: 33645235479     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3656.1     Document Type: Article

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