Robust spatially aggregated projections of climate extremes

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1033-1038

  Fischer, E M ^a   Beyerle, U ^a   Knutti, R ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EXTREME EVENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL;

EID: 84888871298     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2051     Document Type: Article

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