European summer climate variability in a heterogeneous multi-model ensemble

Climatic Change

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 209-232

  Vidale, P L ^a,b   Luthi D ^a   Wegmann, R ^a   Schar C ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GREENHOUSE GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE MODELS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HETEROGENEITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34248228606     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9218-z     Document Type: Article

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