1. Red Cross Seminar on Heat Waves ‘Summer 2003’ Albert Klein Tank, KNMI, De Bilt

2. NOAA, 2003 Summer (JJA) 2003 temperature anomalies

3. Luterbacher et al., 2003

4. Schär et al, 2004

6. WMO status of global climate in 2003 www.wmo.ch

10. eca.knmi.nl

11. Source: World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich

12. eca.knmi.nl

17. www.bom.gov.au/info/climate/change/gallery/

18. 5.8 ºC IPCC-TAR, 2001 1.4 ºC

19. IPCC-TAR, 2001

20. Simulated change JJA from the period 1961-1990 to the period 2071-2100 Schär et al, 2004

21. IPCC-TAR, 2001

22. Observed summer temperature Mean of model simulations Selten et al, 2004 Climate model projections for the Netherlands

23. Simulated changes in winter (DJF) and summer (JJA) precipitation from the period 1961-1990 to 2071-2100. Results from the Rossby Centre regional climate model are shown. To the left boundary conditions from the Hadley Centre and to the right boundary conditions from the Max- Planck Institute for Meteorology are used. Räisänen et al., 2004

24. Beersma and Buishand, 2003

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