Simulation of summer temperature extremes over the Czech Republic in regional climate models

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 645-661

  Kyselý, Jan ^a   Beranová, Romana ^a   Picek, Jan ^b   Štepánek, Petr ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLOUD COVER; CZECH REPUBLIC; GRID-BOX; HIGH QUANTILE; IN-CONTROL; MODEL VALIDATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RETURN LEVEL; RETURN VALUE; SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUMMER DRYING; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTIC; TIME HORIZONS; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

CLIMATE CONTROL; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION; SUMMER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 63649150797     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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