Projections for the 21st century of the climate potential for beach-based tourism in the Mediterranean

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3481-3498

  Amengual, A ^a   Homar, V ^a   Romero, R ^a   Ramis, C ^a   Alonso, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ensemble strategy; Mediterranean beach tourism; Regional climate modelling; Statistical adjustment

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CLIMATE MODELS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LEISURE INDUSTRY; TOURISM;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ENSEMBLE STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84911451090     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3922     Document Type: Article

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