Trend analysis and uncertainties of mean surface air temperature, precipitation and extreme indices in CMIP3 GCMs in Distrito Federal, Brazil

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4817-4833

  Amorim Borges, Pablo de ^a   Barfus, Klemens ^a   Weiss, Holger ^b   Bernhofer, Christian ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Distrito federal; Extremes; GCM; Precipitation; Temperature; Trend; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

BRAZIL; DISTRITO FEDERAL; EXTREMES; TREND; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIMULATION; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; FEDERAL DISTRICT [BRAZIL];

EID: 84912113140     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3301-y     Document Type: Article

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