Evaluation of the WCRP-CMIP3 model simulations in the La Plata basin

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-502

  Silvestri, Gabriel ^a   Vera, Carolina ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate change; La Plata basin; South American climate; WCRP CMIP3 models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN;

CLIMATE RESEARCH; CLIMATE SIMULATION; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; LA PLATA BASIN; MODEL SIMULATION; MODELING VARIABILITY; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AMERICAN CLIMATE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL CYCLE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CMIP; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; WINTER;

LA PLATA BASIN;

EID: 62749181804     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.98     Document Type: Article

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