Heavy precipitation events in a warmer climate: Results from CMIP5 models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 7902-7911

  Scoccimarro, Enrico ^a   Gualdi, Silvio ^a   Bellucci, Alessio ^a   Zampieri, Matteo ^a   Navarra, Antonio ^a  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL WINTERS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AMERICA; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER SEASONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING;

CENTRAL AFRICA; INDIA; INDONESIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84885335194     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00850.1     Document Type: Article

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