The influence of the basic state on the Northern Hemisphere circulation response to climate change

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1434-1446

  Sigmond, Michael ^a   Scinocca, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE STUDIES; FUTURE CLIMATE; IN-CONTROL; INTERNAL PARAMETERS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OROGRAPHIC GRAVITY WAVES; PARAMETER SETTING; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARAMETERIZED; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; REFRACTIVE PROPERTIES; WINTER CIRCULATION; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PARAMETERIZATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77953670706     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3167.1     Document Type: Article

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