Changes in severe indices as simulated by two French coupled global climate models

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 96-117

  Chauvin, Fabrice ^a   Denvil, Sébastien ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

climate change; daily datasets; dryness; extremes; heat wave

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247607802     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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