Extreme events due to human-induced climate change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1845, 2006, Pages 2117-2133

  Mitchell, John F B ^a   Lowe, Jason ^a   Wood, Richard A ^a   Vellinga, Michael ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme events; Flooding; Greenhouse gases; Sea level rise; Storms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748101388     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1816     Document Type: Article

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