Rising mediterranean sea surface temperatures amplify extreme summer precipitation in central europe

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Volosciuk, Claudia ^a   Maraun, Douglas ^a,b   Semenov, Vladimir A ^a,c,d   Tilinina, Natalia ^e   Gulev, Sergey K ^e,f   Latif, Mojib ^a,g  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^e SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84984815382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep32450     Document Type: Article

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