Overestimation of Mediterranean summer temperature projections due to model deficiencies

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 433-436

  Boberg, Fredrik ^a   Christensen, Jens H ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUMMER;

EID: 84861645573     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1454     Document Type: Article

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