Amplitude and frequency of temperature extremes over the North Atlantic region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Nogaj, M ^a   Yiou, P ^a   Parey, S ^b   Malek, F ^c   Naveau, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Division Recherche et Developpement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; NORTH ATLANTIC (NA) REGION; WINTER COLD EXTREMES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33745854392     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024251     Document Type: Article

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