Future equivalent of 2010 Russian heatwave intensified by weakening soil moisture constraints

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 381-385

  Rasmijn, L M ^a   Van Der Schrier, G ^a   Bintanja, R ^a,b   Barkmeijer, J ^a   Sterl, A ^a   Hazeleger, W ^c,d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS ESCIENCE CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; HEAT WAVE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 85044237470     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-018-0114-0     Document Type: Article

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