Recent severe heat waves in central Europe: How to view them in a long-term prospect?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-109

  Kyselý, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Climate variability; Heat wave; Probability estimates; Regional warming; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HEAT WAVES; PROBABILITY ESTIMATE; REGIONAL WARMING; STOCHASTIC MODELLING;

CONTROL THEORY; PROBABILITY; SIMULATORS; SPEECH ENHANCEMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY; SEVERE WEATHER; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 72649104620     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1874     Document Type: Article

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