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ETCCDI climate extremes indices: a standalone construct

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a standard set of 27 indices of temperature and precipitation extremes computed from daily station data for monitoring change.

In climate science, ETCCDI climate extremes indices refers to a standard set of 27 indices of temperature and precipitation extremes computed from daily station data for monitoring change. This meaning comes from Zhang (2011) in WIREs Climate Change.[1]

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References

Zhang, X., Alexander, L., Hegerl, G. C., Jones, P., Tank, A. K., Peterson, T. C., Trewin, B., & Zwiers, F. W. (2011). Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily temperature and precipitation data. WIREs Climate Change, 2(6), 851-870. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.147

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