Climate Variability and Extremes during the Past 100 Years

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brönnimann, Stefan (Editor), Luterbacher, Jürg (Editor), Ewen, Tracy (Editor), Diaz, Henry F. (Editor), Stolarski, Richard S. (Editor), Neu, Urs (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Global Change Research ; 33
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climatology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Climate change.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change.

Large progress has been made in the past few years towards quantifying and understanding climate variability during past centuries. At the same time, present-day climate has been studied using state-of-the-art data sets and tools with respect to the physical and chemical mechanisms governing climate...