Changes in extreme temperatures of Australasian summer simulated by CCAM under global warming, and the roles of winds and land-sea contrasts

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-212

  Watterson, Ian G ^a   McGregor, J L ^a   Nguyen, K C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND DIRECTION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 61849095268     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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