Attribution of climate extreme events

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 725-730

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Fasullo, John T ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; THERMODYNAMICS; TYPHOON;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84937826016     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2657     Document Type: Review

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