A comparison of the observed trends and simulated changes in extreme climate indices in the Carpathian Basin by the end of this century

International Journal of Global Warming

Volumn 1, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 336-355

  Pongracz, Rita ^a   Bartholy, Judit ^a   Szabo, Peter ^a   Gelybo, Gyorgyi ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

A2 scenario; B2 scenario; Carpathian Basin; daily maximum temperature; daily minimum temperature; extreme climate index; precipitation; trend analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255197753     PISSN: 17582083     EISSN: 17582091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2009.027097     Document Type: Article

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