Understanding climate change-induced variations in daily temperature distributions over Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Simolo, C ^a   Brunetti, M ^a   Maugeri, M ^a,b   Nanni, T ^a   Speranza, A ^a,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PROBABILITY;

DAILY TEMPERATURES; DENSITY FUNCTIONS; EMPIRICAL DENSITY; EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITY; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MOMENT ANALYSIS; NON-LINEARITY; NONUNIFORM; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIME VARYING;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ITALY;

EID: 78649508993     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014088     Document Type: Article

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