Detection and prediction of mean and extreme European summer temperatures with a multimodel ensemble

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9631-9641

  Hanlon, H M ^a   Morak, S ^b   Hegerl, G C ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate prediction; daily temperature extremes; decadal prediction; detection; extremes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR DETECTION;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DECADAL PREDICTIONS; EXTREME TEMPERATURE INDICES; EXTREMES; INTERNAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DETECTION METHOD; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84885998359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50703     Document Type: Article

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