Western European cold spells in current and future climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  De Vries, Hylke ^a   Haarsma, Reindert J ^a   Hazeleger, Wilco ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GASES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATIC IMPACT; ESTIMATED ERROR; FREEZING POINT; FUTURE CLIMATE; MEAN TEMPERATURE; RETURN PERIODS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COLD REGION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LOW TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84857604403     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050665     Document Type: Article

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