Spatiotemporal changes of global extreme temperature events (ETEs) since 1981 and the meteorological causes

Natural Hazards

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 975-994

  Song, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Zhao ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Wang, Pin ^a   Xiang, Ming ^b   Shi, Peijun ^a   Tao, Fulu ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cold spell; Extreme temperature; Global pattern; Heat wave

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTREME EVENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84891148389     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0856-y     Document Type: Article

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