Mediterranean cyclones and windstorms in a changing climate

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1873-1890

  Nissen, Katrin M ^a   Leckebusch, Gregor C ^b   Pinto, Joaquim G ^c   Ulbrich, Uwe ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyclones; Mediterranean; Windstorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907706337     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0400-8     Document Type: Article

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