Cold extremes in North America vs. mild weather in Europe: The winter of 2013-14 in the context of a warming world

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 707-714

  Van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan ^a   Haarsma, Rein ^a   De Vries, Hylke ^a   Allen, Myles R ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

EXTENSIVE PROBLEMS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE (GEV) DISTRIBUTIONS; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SIBERIAN HIGHS; SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE; THREE PARAMETERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

MIRRORS;

EID: 84938152284     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 15200477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00036.1     Document Type: Review

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