Attribution analyses of temperature extremes using a set of 16 indices

Detection and attribution studies have demonstrated that anthropogenic forcings have been driving significant changes in temperature extremes since the middle of the 20th century. Moreover, new methodologies have been developed for the attribution of extreme events that assess how human influence ma...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos Christidis, Peter A. Stott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Weather and Climate Extremes
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094716300640