Systematic differences in future 20 year temperature extremes in AR4 model projections over Australia as a function of model skill

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1153-1167

  Perkins, S E ^a   Pitman, A J ^a   Sisson, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

AR4 models; Australia; Model evaluation; Temperature extremes

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; MODEL EVALUATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS (PDFS); TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODEL VALIDATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876081917     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3500     Document Type: Article

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