Climate, extreme heat, and electricity demand in California

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1834-1844

  Miller, Norman L ^a   Hayhoe, Katharine ^b   Jin, Jiming ^a,c   Auffhammer, Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPETITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRICITY; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; COASTAL CITIES; CURRENT TRANSMISSIONS; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; EMISSION SCENARIOS; HEAT EVENTS; HEAT WAVES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LARGE CITIES; LOS ANGELES; MAJOR CITIES; MEAN TEMPERATURES; MISSOURIS; NEW YORK; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PEAK ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; RATE OF INCREASES; SAN DIEGO; SUMMER MONTHS; SUPPLY CAPACITIES; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITIES; TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS; URBAN LOCATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE EFFECT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EMISSION INVENTORY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT BUDGET; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649219277     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1480.1     Document Type: Article

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