Estimates of climate change in Southern Europe derived from dynamical climate model output

Climate Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-149

  Cubasch, U ^a   Von Storch, H ^b   Waszkewitz, J ^a   Zorita, E ^b  

^a Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Regional climate change; Southern Europe

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODEL; DOWNSCALING; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN;

EUROPE, (SOUTH); SPAIN;

EID: 0030419604     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr007129     Document Type: Article

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