Heat waves across Europe by the end of the 21st century: Multiregional climate simulations

Climate Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-168

  Koffi, Brigitte ^a,c   Koffi, Ernest ^b,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Europe; Heat wave indices; Regional climate models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 45149094890     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00734     Document Type: Article

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