The 2003 heat wave as an example of summers in a greenhouse climate? Observations and climate model simulations for Basel, Switzerland

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Beniston, Martin ^a   Diaz, Henry F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

2003 heat wave; Basel, Switzerland; Greenhouse climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE;

BASEL-STADT; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 9944262531     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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