The contribution of human-induced climate change to the drought of 2014 in the southern levant region

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S66-S70

  Bergaoui, K ^a,b   Mitchell, D ^c   Zaaboul, R ^a   McDonnell, R ^a   Otto, F ^c   Allen, M ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOSALINE AGRICULTURE   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Institut National de la Météorologie Aéroport Tunis Carthage   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; COMBINED MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RAINY SEASONS; SOUTHERN LEVANTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84955453634     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00129.1     Document Type: Review

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