Structural similarities and differences in climate responses to CO2 increase between two perturbed physics ensembles

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1392-1410

  Yokohata, Tokuta ^a   Webb, Mark J ^b   Collins, Matthew ^b   Williams, Keith D ^b   Yoshimori, Masakazu ^c   Hargreaves, Julia C ^d   Annan, James D ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; SHORT WAVES; SLAB OCEAN; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL;

EID: 77953653197     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2917.1     Document Type: Article

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