Preferred structures in large-scale circulation and the effect of doubling greenhouse gas concentration in HadCM3

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 631 PART B, 2008, Pages 469-480

  Hannachi, A ^a,b   Turner, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b KA University   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Rotated EOFs; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW PATTERNS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATION; HADLEY CENTER CLIMATE MODEL; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; SURFACE PRESSURE VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONALITY;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349110642     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.236     Document Type: Article

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