Surface-based convective potential in the contiguous United States in a business-as-usual future climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3317-3330

  Van Klooster, Sara L ^a   Roebber, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; COMPUTATIONAL LIMITATIONS; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; ESTIMATION METHODS; ESTIMATION SCHEMES; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARALLEL CLIMATE MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SURFACE WARMING; SURFACE-BASED; THERMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; WARM SEASONS;

ESTIMATION; SIMULATORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651229522     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2697.1     Document Type: Article

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