21st century climate change in the Middle East

Climatic Change

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 417-432

  Evans, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT;

21ST CENTURY; AREA COVERING; CLIMATE MODELLING; DRY SEASONS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (EM); INTER TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ); INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC); MIDDLE EAST; RAIN FED AGRICULTURE; STORM TRACKS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FARMING SYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROWING SEASON; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGELAND; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 58549094491     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-008-9438-5     Document Type: Article

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