Simulation of late-twenty-first-century changes in wintertime atmospheric circulation over Europe due to anthropogenic causes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4630-4635

  Terray, Laurent ^a   Demory, Marie Estelle ^a   Déqué, Michel ^b   de Coetlogon, Gaelle ^a   Maisonnave, Eric ^a  

^a CERFACS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; OSCILLATIONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CIRCULATION MODELS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

EID: 12344327727     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3244.1     Document Type: Article

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