European Trend Atlas of Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Records

Compiles a rich collection of climatic trends and variations of extreme climate change revealed by unique long term instrumental data in Europe

Presents climatic records going back more than 100 years

The trend atlas provides an easy way to show spatial patterns for a given time period, region, season and extreme climate index

Provide a comprehensive picture of observed extreme climate change over Europe which are relevant to many sectors in the society

Auteur
Dr. Deliang Chen is professor at University of Gothenburg in Sweden. As internationally renowned climate researcher, Dr. Chen has coordinated and participated in more than 20 important project research over the last ten years and published more than 120 scientific papers. Before joining the University of Gothenburg, Dr. Chen was Executive director of the International Council for Science (ICSU) during 2009-2012. Among other things, he is also an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and has served on numerous international and national committees and boards.

Contenu
Introduction.- Data and methods.- Atlas of the trend analysis.- Summary of the estimated trends.- Summary and conclusions.- Figures.- Tables.- References.- Appendix.