Analysis of an ensemble of present day and future regional climate simulations for Greece

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1614-1633

  Zanis, P ^a   Kapsomenakis, I ^b,c   Philandras, C ^b   Douvis, K ^b,c   Nikolakis, D ^c   Kanellopoulou, E ^c   Zerefos, C ^b,c,d   Repapis, C ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Future simulations; Greece; Regional climate; Regional climate models (RCMs)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGES; CONTROL PERIODS; DATA SETS; EMISSION SCENARIO; ENERGY DEMANDS; FOREST FIRES; FUTURE CLIMATE; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; FUTURE SIMULATIONS; GREECE; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS (RCMS); REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; SUB-REGIONS; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SIMULATORS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CLIMATES; DEFORESTATION; ENERGY; MANAGEMENT; MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; WATER RESOURCES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349208673     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1809     Document Type: Article

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