Mid-twenty-first-century changes in extreme events over northern and tropical Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 5748-5767

  Vizy, Edward K ^a   Cook, Kerry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Climate prediction; Climate variability; Regional models

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BOREAL WINTERS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CONGO BASINS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EXTREME EVENTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HEAT WAVES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; RAINFALL INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL MODEL; SOCIAL IMPACT; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; WEST AFRICA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CONGO BASIN; ETHIOPIA; KENYA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84867677694     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00693.1     Document Type: Article

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