Modeling and forecasting extreme hot events in the central Ebro valley, a continental-Mediterranean area

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 43-58

  Abaurrea, J ^a   Asin J ^a   Cebrian A C ^a   Centelles, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro valley; future climate projections; heat waves; marked Poisson model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; GLOBAL WARMING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MODELING; POISSON RATIO; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EBRO VALLEY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34247534593     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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