Consistent trends in a modified climate extremes index in the United States, Europe, and Australia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1379-1394

  Gallant, Ailie J E ^a,b   Karoly, David J ^a   Gleason, Karin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84893874083     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00783.1     Document Type: Article

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