An independent assessment of anthropogenic attribution statements for recent extreme temperature and rainfall events

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 5-16

  Angélil, Oliver ^a   Stone, Dáithí ^a   Wehner, Michael ^a   Paciorek, Christopher J ^b   Krishnan, Harinarayan ^b   Collins, William ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Climate change; Climate models; Extreme events

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETIES; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; EXTREME TEMPERATURE EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

EID: 85008187581     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0077.1     Document Type: Article

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