A fine resolution regional climate change experiment for the Eastern Mediterranean: Analysis of the present climate simulations

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 93-104

  Kotroni, V ^a   Lykoudis, S ^a   Lagouvardos, K ^a   Lalas, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

current climate; model validation; regional climate models

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESOLUTION;

BALKANS; EURASIA;

EID: 55549111840     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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