Changes in observed climate extremes in global urban areas

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Mishra, Vimal ^a,b,c   Ganguly, Auroop R ^c   Nijssen, Bart ^b   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^b,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate extremes; heat wave; precipitation extremes; urban areas

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION; CLIMATE EXTREMES; DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; HEAT WAVES; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD AIR; EXTREME EVENT; HEAT SHOCK; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84923791380     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/2/024005     Document Type: Article

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