Ratios of record high to record low temperatures in Europe exhibit sharp increases since 2000 despite a slowdown in the rise of mean temperatures

Climatic Change

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 225-237

  Beniston, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

LOW TEMPERATURES; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SHARP INCREASE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925506957     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1325-2     Document Type: Article

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