Changes in temperature records and extremes: Are they statistically significant?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 7863-7875

  Christiansen, Bo ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATED; EXTRATROPICAL; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SIMILAR NUMBERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME EVENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84885354541     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00814.1     Document Type: Article

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