Heat waves and heat days in an arid city in the northwest of México: Current trends and in climate change scenarios

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-345

  Cueto, Rafael O García ^a   Martínez, Adalberto Tejeda ^b   Ostos, Ernesto Jáuregui ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heat day; Heat wave; Mexicali city; Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; MEXICO; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT STROKE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954214929     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0283-7     Document Type: Article

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