An assessment of future Caribbean climate changes using the BAU scenario by coupling a global circulation model with a regional model

86th AMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Angeles, Moises E ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge E ^b   Erickson III, David J ^c   Hernández, José L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Santa Clara University   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CUMULUS CLOUD; DEEP CONVECTION; DRY AREAS; DRY SEASONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL; MESOSCALE; PARALLEL CLIMATE MODEL; PUERTO RICO; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL MODEL; SUBGRID SCALE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; RAIN; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SEA LEVEL; TURBULENT FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77949303549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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