Changes in European temperature extremes can be predicted from changes in PDF central statistics

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 277-284

  Ballester, Joan ^a   Giorgi, Filippo ^b   Rodó, Xavier ^a  

^a Climate Dynamics and Impacts Unit Institut Català de Ciències del Clima IC3   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITION; CLOSE APPROXIMATION; COLD TEMPERATURES; DAILY TEMPERATURES; FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; HEAT WAVES; HUMAN SOCIETY; INTENSITY CHANGE; POSSIBLE FUTURES; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUMMER HEAT; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 72749100166     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9758-0     Document Type: Letter

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