Northern African climate at the end of the twenty-first century: An integrated application of regional and global climate models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-212

  Patricola, Christina M ^a   Cook, Kerry H ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OPTIMIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77954140779     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0623-7     Document Type: Article

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