Climate change scenarios for the Hudson Bay region: An intermodel comparison

Climatic Change

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 269-297

  Gagnon, Alexandre S ^a   Gough, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); SEA-ICE COVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18744389539     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-1815-8     Document Type: Article

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