The duration and severity of drought over eastern Australia simulated by a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM with a transient increase in CO2

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 243-252

  Kothavala, Zavareh ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coupled ocean atmosphere GCMs; Drought

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DROUGHT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); SOFTWARE PACKAGE PDSI;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DROUGHT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033031369     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00076-0     Document Type: Article

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