Local effects of climate change over the Alpine region: A study with a high resolution regional climate model with a surrogate climate change scenario

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Im, E S ^a   Coppola, E ^a   Giorgi, F ^a   Bi, X ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAND SURFACE; LOCAL EFFECTS; LOCAL SURFACES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SNOW COVERS; SUB-GRIDS; SURFACE ENERGIES; WATER BUDGET; WINTER SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET;

ALPS;

EID: 77949310699     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041801     Document Type: Article

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