Hot Central-European summer of 2013 in a long-term context

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4399-4407

  Lhotka, Ondřej ^a,b,c   Kyselý, Jan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Climate variability; Effective precipitation; Heat waves; Summer of 2013; Temperature records

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CONTINENTAL SCALE; HEAT WAVES; PRECIPITATION DEFICITS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; SUMMER OF 2013; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; HEAT BUDGET; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; GRAZ; KREMSMUENSTER; STYRIA;

EID: 84957954493     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4277     Document Type: Article

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