The new Hadley Centre Climate Model (HadGEM1): Evaluation of coupled simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1327-1353

  Johns, Timothy C ^a   Durman, C F ^a   Banks, H T ^a   Roberts, M J ^a   McLaren, A J ^a   Ridley, J K ^a   Senior, C A ^a   Williams, K D ^a   Jones, A ^a   Rickard, G J ^b   Cusack, S ^a   Ingram, W J ^a,c   Crucifix, M ^a   Sexton, D M H ^a   Joshi, M M ^a   Dong, B W ^a   Spencer, H ^d   Hill, R S R ^a   Gregory, J M ^a,d   Keen, A B ^a   Pardaens, A K ^a   Lowe, J A ^a   Bodas Salcedo, A ^a   Stark, S ^a   Searl, Y ^a   more..

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SALTS; SEA ICE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION CLIMATE MODEL; HADLEY CENTRE CLIMATE MODEL; SEA SALT; SULFATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA ICE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33646381345     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3712.1     Document Type: Article

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