Comparison of results of AOGCMs in the Mediterranean Sea during the 21st century

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Marcos, Marta ^a,b   Tsimplis, Michael N ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWNSCALING; FUTURE PROSPECT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; POLICY MAKING; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 61849174356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004820     Document Type: Article

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