The extreme European summer of 2015 in a long-term perspective

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 943-962

  Hoy, Andreas ^a   Hänsel, Stephanie ^a   Skalak, Petr ^b,c   Ustrnul, Zbigniew ^d,e   Bochníček, Oliver ^f  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c Global Change Research Centre AS CR   (Czech Republic)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Maritime Branch Gdynia   (Poland)

^f SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

climate indices; drought; heat; mRAI; SPEI; SPI; WBAI

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEATING;

CLIMATE INDEX; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; MRAI; SPEI; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; WBAI;

DROUGHT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER;

ENGLAND; GERMANY; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84965141433     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4751     Document Type: Article

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