Asymmetry of projected increases in extreme temperature distributions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kodra, Evan ^a   Ganguly, Auroop R ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

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EID: 84905216187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05884     Document Type: Article

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