Changes in global-mean precipitation in response to warming, greenhouse gas forcing and black carbon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Frieler, K ^a   Meinshausen, M ^a   Schneider Von Deimling, T ^a   Andrews, T ^b   Forster, P ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; TROPOSPHERE;

BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON EMISSION; CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON RELATIONSHIP; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ENERGY BUDGETS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; MEAN PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY BUDGET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

EID: 79951650205     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045953     Document Type: Article

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