Influence of blocking on Northern European and Western Russian heatwaves in large climate model ensembles

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Schaller, N ^a   Sillmann, J ^a   Anstey, J ^b   Fischer, E M ^c   Grams, C M ^c,e   Russo, S ^d  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

atmospheric blocking; large global climate model ensembles; summer heatwaves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING;

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CLIMATE VARIABLES; DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONS; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HEATWAVES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GEOPOTENTIAL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT WAVE; HEIGHT; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE;

NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 85048121590     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaba55     Document Type: Article

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