A climatology of heat waves from a multimillennial simulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3802-3821

  Hunt, Barrie G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE;

GLOBAL CLIMATIC MODEL; HEAT WAVES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOISTURE CONTENT; SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 34548136953     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4224.1     Document Type: Article

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