A Review of Recent Advances in Research on Extreme Heat Events

Current Climate Change Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 242-259

  Horton, Radley M ^a,b   Mankin, Justin S ^b,c   Lesk, Corey ^a   Coffel, Ethan ^d   Raymond, Colin ^d  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme heat; Heat events; Heatwaves; Summer heat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015746280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21986061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40641-016-0042-x     Document Type: Review

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