Changes in European drought characteristics projected by the PRUDENCE regional climate models

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1595-1610

  Blenkinsop, S ^a   Fowler, Harley J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Europe; Probabilistic scenarios; Regional climate models; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; EUROPE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; WATER RESOURCES;

DROUGHT FREQUENCY; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 35348963142     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1538     Document Type: Article

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