A 500 year pheno-climatological view on the 2003 heatwave in Europe assessed by grape harvest dates

In 2003, Europe was affected by a record-breaking heatwave in summer, which is statistically extremely unlikely. However, there are indications that comparably anomalous warm summers might have occurred in the more distant historical past, for instance in 1540. Dates of grape harvesting in Western E...

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Main Author: Annette Menzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2005-03-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0014-0075