"Adrian D. Shaw" wrote in message
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I really hope someone else who knows better than me will comment on this
(below); it certainly goes against a lot that I've been taught in the
past.

Adrian
I'd have look through stuff here-
http://prudence.dmi.dk/
http://prudence.dmi.dk/public/publications/index.html
eg-
Beniston, M., and D. B. Stephenson 2004. Extreme climatic events and their
evolution under changing climatic conditions, Global and Planetary Change,
in press

BTW AFAIK
most recent climate simulations only weaken the THC in the next 100yrs or
so,one or two even strengthen it ,but there's a lot more work to be done,


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regards,
David

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