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...
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doaj-071ceded8a9d4c26adb4b0b499f278db2020-11-25T02:34:24ZengCopernicus PublicationsAdvances in Science and Research1992-06281992-06362012-02-0185910.5194/asr-8-5-2012Extreme summer temperatures in Western EuropeC. Simolo0M. Brunetti1M. Maugeri2T. Nanni3Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council (ISAC-CNR), Bologna, ItalyInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council (ISAC-CNR), Bologna, ItalyInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council (ISAC-CNR), Bologna, ItalyInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council (ISAC-CNR), Bologna, ItalyWe 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.http://www.adv-sci-res.net/8/5/2012/asr-8-5-2012.pdf |
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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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