Detectable changes in the frequency of temperature extremes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1561-1574

  Morak, Simone ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele C ^a   Christidis, Nikolaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Extreme events; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DYNAMICS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; EXTERNAL FORCING; EXTERNAL INFLUENCES; EXTREME EVENTS; FORCINGS; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; WARM SEASONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84874814044     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00678.1     Document Type: Article

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