Concurrent 2018 Hot Extremes Across Northern Hemisphere Due to Human-Induced Climate Change

Earth's Future

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 692-703

  Vogel, M M ^a   Zscheischler, J ^a,b   Wartenburger, R ^a   Dee, D ^c   Seneviratne, S I ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attribution; heat wave; model projections; temperature extremes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; HEAT WAVE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 85067663177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2019EF001189     Document Type: Article

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