Importance of the SRES in projections of climate change impacts on near-surface wind regimes

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Pryor, Sara C ^a   Schoof, Justin T ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONTROL PERIODS; DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY; EMISSION SCENARIO; EXTREME WIND SPEED; HISTORICAL PERIODS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; STOCHASTIC EFFECTS; THERMAL REGIMES; WIND CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIMULATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 77955606278     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0454     Document Type: Article

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