Precipitation sensitivity to global warming: Comparison of observations with Had CM2 simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3379-3382

  Hulme, Mike ^a   Osborn, Timothy J ^a   Johns, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 0032173330     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02562     Document Type: Article

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