Observed and simulated variability of extreme temperature events over South America

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-17

  Rusticucci, Matilde ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate change; South America; Temperature extremes

Indexed keywords

DAILY TEMPERATURES; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; GEOGRAPHICAL TRENDS; INDENTIFYING; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOCAL FORCING; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; REANALYSIS; REMOTE FORCING; SOUTH AMERICA; STILL MISSING; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; WARM NIGHTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; BRAZIL;

EID: 84855994680     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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