Regional climate model simulations of extreme air temperature in Greece. Abnormal or common records in the future climate?

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-60

  Nastos, P T ^a   Kapsomenakis, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

ENSEMBLES project; Extreme air temperature indices; Greece; Heat waves; Regional climate models (RCMs)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENSEMBLES PROJECT; GREECE; HEAT WAVES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; HEAT ISLAND; RECORD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

GREECE;

EID: 84908371081     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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