Extreme climatic events and their evolution under changing climatic conditions

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Beniston, Martin ^a   Stephenson, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Climatic change; Extreme events; Statistical analyses

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; SEVERE WEATHER; TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 9944261466     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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