Midlatitude daily summer temperatures reshaped by soil moisture under climate change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 812-818

  Douville, H ^a   Colin, J ^a   Krug, E ^a   Cattiaux, J ^a   Thao, S ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

climate change; heat waves; soil moisture feedback

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FEEDBACK; MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATIONS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; HEAT WAVES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84961286062     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066222     Document Type: Article

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