The use of a climate-type classification for assessing climate change effects in Europe from an ensemble of nine regional climate models

Climatic Change

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 329-341

  De Castro, M ^a   Gallardo, C ^a   Jylha, K ^b   Tuomenvirta, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

KOPPEN-TREWARTHA (K-T) CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS (RCM);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34248143847     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9224-1     Document Type: Article

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