An overview of results from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 103-133

  Covey, Curt ^a   AchutaRao, Krishna M ^a   Cubasch, Ulrich ^b   Jones, Phil ^c   Lambert, Steven J ^e   Mann, Michael E ^d   Phillips, Thomas J ^a   Taylor, Karl E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Climate; CMIP; GCM

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 0037648363     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00193-5     Document Type: Review

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