Historical and future changes in maximum and minimum temperature records over Europe

Climatic Change

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 415-431

  Elguindi, N ^a   Rauscher, S A ^b   Giorgi, F ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES;

20TH CENTURY; EASTERN EUROPE; ENSEMBLE METHODS; MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; RECORD KEEPING; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SCANDINAVIA; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE MODELING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL RECORD; PROJECT DESIGN; SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84873717180     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0528-z     Document Type: Article

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