A model intercomparison study of climate change-signals in extratropical circulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 643-662

  Rauthe, Monika ^a   Hense, Andreas ^b   Paeth, Heiko ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aleutian low; Antarctic oscillation; Arctic oscillation; Climate change; Model intercomparison; North Atlantic oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE MODELS; SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE (SLP);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 1942466328     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1025     Document Type: Article

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