Changes in Extremely Hot Summers over the Global Land Area under Various Warming Targets.

Summer temperature extremes over the global land area were investigated by comparing 26 models of the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) with observations from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and the Climate Research Unit (CRU). Monthly data of the observ...

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Main Authors: Lei Wang, Jianbin Huang, Yong Luo, Yao Yao, Zongci Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130660