[ PAPER ] · 2000 · Science
Climate extremes: observations, modeling, and impacts.
D. Easterling, G. Meehl, C. Parmesan, S. Changnon, T. Karl, L. Mearns
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[ TLDR ]
Results of observational studies suggest that in many areas that have been analyzed, changes in total precipitation are amplified at the tails, and changes in some temperature extremes have been observed.