Evolution of extreme temperatures in a warming climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Simolo, C ^a   Brunetti, M ^a   Maugeri, M ^a,b   Nanni, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY TEMPERATURES; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; HIGHER MOMENTS; POTENTIAL CHANGE; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; WARM TEMPERATURES; WARMING CLIMATE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

EID: 80051726677     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048437     Document Type: Article

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