Evaluation of trends in high temperature extremes in north-western Europe in regional climate models

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Min, E ^a   Hazeleger, W ^a,b   Van Oldenborgh, G J ^a   Sterl, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ENSEMBLES; heat extremes; regional climate model; trend

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ADAPTATION DECISIONS; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS DATA; ENSEMBLES; HEAT EXTREMES; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; TREND;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAND SURFACE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84876179756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014011     Document Type: Article

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