Detection of anthropogenic influence on the evolution of record-breaking temperatures over Europe

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 2016, Pages 2717-2735

  Bador, Margot ^a   Terray, Laurent ^a   Boé, Julien ^a  

^a CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Detection; Extreme events; Internal variability; Temperature record breaking statistics

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WINTER;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84936818010     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2725-8     Document Type: Article

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