Quantifying the risk of extreme seasonal precipitation events in a changing climate

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Quantifying the risk of extreme seasonal precipitation events in a changing climate [1]

Increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide will almost certainly lead to changes in global mean climate. But because - by defnition-extreme events are rare, it is significantly more difficult to quantify the risk of extremes.

Publication Date:

31/01/2002

Author(s): T. N. Palmer [2], J. Risnen [3]

Source: Nature [4]

Vol:

415

Issue:

pp:

512

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/quantifying-risk-extreme-seasonal-precipitation-events-changing-climate

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