The surface climatology of the eastern Mediterranean region obtained in a three-member ensemble climate change simulation experiment

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 67-80

  Krichak, S O ^a   Alpert, P ^a   Bassat, K ^a   Kunin, P ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OCEANIC CURRENT;

AFRICA; ANATOLIA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 34547569988     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-12-67-2007     Document Type: Article

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