The contribution of the land surface energy balance complexity to differences in means, variances and extremes using the AMIP-II methodology

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 171-188

  Bagnoud, N ^a   Pitman, A J ^a   McAvaney, B J ^a   Holbrook, N J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; EXTREME EVENT; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 26444471405     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0004-9     Document Type: Article

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