Investigating uncertainties in global gridded datasets of climate extremes

We assess the effects of different methodological choices made during the construction of gridded data sets of climate extremes, focusing primarily on HadEX2. Using global land-surface time series of the indices and their coverage, as well as uncertainty maps, we show that the choices which have the...

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Main Authors: R. J. H. Dunn, M. G. Donat, L. V. Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-12-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/10/2171/2014/cp-10-2171-2014.pdf