The SILMU scenarios: Specifying Finland's future climate for use in impact assessment

Geophysica

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 235-260

  Carter, T R ^a,c   Posch, M ^b   Tuomenvirta, H ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Finland; Scenario; Sea level; Weather generator

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER GENERATOR;

FINLAND;

EID: 0030366790     PISSN: 03674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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