An extreme value analysis of UK drought and projections of change in the future

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 131-143

  Burke, Eleanor J ^a   Perry, Richard H J ^a   Brown, Simon J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Extreme value analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; LAND SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INDICES; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; SOIL MOISTURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78149411575     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.035     Document Type: Article

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