Frequent summer temperature extremes reflect changes in the mean, not the variance
Volume: 110, Issue: 7
Published: Jan 12, 2013
Abstract
Hansen et al. (1) demonstrated that the probability of extremely hot summers has markedly increased because the mean of the distribution of seasonally averaged temperatures has increased. However, the authors also implied that the variance of the distribution has increased, a result that differs from regional studies that show changes in the extremes are consistent with a simple shift in the mean (2, 3). Here we extend the spatially aggregated...
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Title
Frequent summer temperature extremes reflect changes in the mean, not the variance
Published Date
Jan 12, 2013
Volume
110
Issue
7
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