Attribution of human-induced dynamical and thermodynamical contributions in extreme weather events

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Vautard, R ^a   Yiou, P ^a   Otto, F ^b   Stott, P ^c   Christidis, N ^c   Van Oldenborgh, G J ^d   Schaller, N ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate change; event attribution; extreme events; extreme precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE WATERS;

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; EVENT ATTRIBUTION; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); THERMODYNAMIC CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85005976026     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114009     Document Type: Article

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