Pacific Northwest climate sensitivity simulated by a regional climate model driven by a GCM. Part II: 2xCO2 simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2031-2053

  Leung, L Ruby ^a   Ghan, S J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL (RCM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0032711390     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2031:PNCSSB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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