The CLIVAR C20C project: Which components of the Asian-Australian monsoon circulation variations are forced and reproducible?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1051-1068

  Zhou, Tianjun ^a   Wu, Bo ^a,b   Scaife, A A ^c   Bronnimann S ^d   Cherchi, A ^e   Fereday, D ^c   Fischer, A M ^d   Folland, C K ^c   Jin, K E ^g   Kinter, J ^g   Knight, J R ^c   Kucharski, F ^f   Kusunoki, S ⁱ   Lau, N C ^h   Li, Lijuan ^a   Nath, M J ^h   Nakaegawa, T ⁱ   Navarra, A ^e   Pegion, P ^j   Rozanov, E ^d,k   Schubert, S ^j   Sporyshev, P ^l   Voldoire, A ^m   Wen, Xinyu ^a,n   Yoon, J H ^o   Zeng, N ^o   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^f ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^g Centre for Ocean Land Atmosphere Studies   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^l VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^m CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

ⁿ PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

AGCM; Asian Australian monsoon circulation; CLIVAR C20C; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70350569445     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0501-8     Document Type: Article

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