Projected changes in extreme precipitation characteristics for Central Eastern Germany (21st century, model-based analysis)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2724-2734

  Schwarzak, Susann ^a,b   Hänsel, Stephanie ^a   Matschullat, Jörg ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b Agriculture and Geology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drought; ENSEMBLES; Heavy precipitation; Multi model approach; Regional climate change; REGKLAM

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION;

ENSEMBLES; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; MULTI MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGKLAM;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84938862700     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4166     Document Type: Article

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