Observed changes in one-in-20 year extremes of canadian surface air temperatures

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 222-231

  Wang, Xiaolan L ^a   Feng, Yang ^a   Vincent, Lucie A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; climate change; generalized extreme value distribution; surface air temperature; temperature extremes; temperature trends

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CANADA;

EID: 84903310856     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2013.818526     Document Type: Article

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