Temperature extremes in the Mediterranean area: Trends in the past and assessments for the future

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2039-2050

  Hertig, E ^a   Seubert, S ^a   Jacobeit, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77957723886     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-2039-2010     Document Type: Article

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