Francis W. Zwiers, Xuebin Zhang and Yang Feng

AMS Journal of Climate

Published date September 22, 2010

Anthropogenic Influence on Long Return Period Daily Temperature Extremes at Regional Scales

  • Finds that anthropogenic influence has increased the waiting time of extreme annual minimum daily maximum and minimum temperature events, and has substantially decreased the waiting time between extreme annual maximum daily minimum temperature events
  • Detects anthropogenic influence in almost all regions for the annual maximum of daily minimum temperature