Higher trends but larger uncertainty and geographic variability in 21st century temperature and heat waves

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 15555-15559

  Ganguly, Auroop R ^a   Steinhaeuser, Karsten ^a,b   Erickson III, David J ^a   Branstetter, Marcia ^a   Parish, Esther S ^a   Singh, Nagendra ^a   Drake, John B ^a   Buja, Lawrence ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extremes; Regional analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 70349462456     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904495106     Document Type: Article

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