Climate change projections for the Mediterranean region

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 90-104

  Giorgi, Filippo ^a   Lionello, Piero ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

climate change; Mediterranean climate; precipitation change; temperature change

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 51449087133     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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