Limited sensitivity analysis of regional climate change probabilities for the 21st century

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Dessai, Suraje ^a,b   Lu, Xianfu ^a,b   Hulme, Mike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 28044432777     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005919     Document Type: Article

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