Increased aridity in the Mediterranean region under greenhouse gas forcing estimated from high resolution simulations with a regional climate model

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 195-209

  Gao, Xuejie ^a,b   Giorgi, Filippo ^b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

aridity; climate change; Mediterranean climate; regional climate modeling

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DESERTIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESOLUTION; WATER STRESS;

AFRICA; ASIA; CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SARDINIA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44149088049     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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