Exploring the structure of regional climate scenarios by combining synoptic and dynamic guidance and GCM output

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1036-1050

  Risbey, James S ^a   Lamb, Peter J ^a   Miller, Ron L ^a   Morgan, Michael C ^a   Roe, Gerard H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036571958     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<1036:ETSORC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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