Statistical modeling and CMIP5 simulations of hot spell changes in China

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2859-2872

  Wang, Weiwen ^a   Zhou, Wen ^a   Li, Yun ^b   Wang, Xin ^c   Wang, Dongxiao ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CMIP5; Extreme value theory; Hot spell model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939896588     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2287-1     Document Type: Article

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