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Christidis et al. 2005

Christidis, N., Stott, P.A., Brown, S., Hegerl, G.C. and Caesar, J. (2005). Detection of changes in temperature extremes during the second half of the 20th century. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2005GL023885. issn: 0094-8276.

Since 1950, the warmest and coldest days and nights of the year have become warmer. Comparing these observations with climate model simulations in an optimal detection analysis shows a significant human influence on patterns of change in extremely warm nights. Human influence on cold nights and days is also detected, although less robustly, but there is no detection of a significant human influence on extremely warm days. In the future, extreme temperatures are expected to intensify considerably, with adverse consequences for human health.

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Keywords
Global Change, Global climate models (3337, 4928), Global Change, Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Atmospheric Processes, Model calibration, Atmospheric Processes, Climate change and variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513)

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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American Geophysical Union
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