Extreme summer temperatures in Western Europe
We discuss the evolution of summer temperature extremes over Western Europe during 1961–2004 in the context of current climate warming. Using a parametric approach, we investigate the role of properties and changes in probability density functions of daily temperatures in modifying the fre...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Advances in Science and Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.adv-sci-res.net/8/5/2012/asr-8-5-2012.pdf |
| Summary: | We discuss the evolution of summer temperature extremes over Western Europe
during 1961–2004 in the context of current climate warming. Using a parametric
approach, we investigate the role of properties and changes in probability
density functions of daily temperatures in modifying the frequency of severe,
isolated events. In this perspective, the recent intensification of extremely
warm events over Europe turns out to be well consistent with a pure, nonuniform
shift of mean values, with no room for conjectures about increasing temperature
variability. |
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| ISSN: | 1992-0628 1992-0636 |