Present and future surface climate in the western USA as simulated by 15 global climate models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 455-472

  Coquard, J ^a   Duffy, P B ^a   Taylor, K E ^a   Iorio, J P ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7744241297     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0437-6     Document Type: Article

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