Ability of RCM/GCM couples to represent the relationship of large scale circulation to climate extremes over the Mediterranean region

Climate Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-209

  Flocas, Helena A ^a   Hatzaki, Maria ^a,c   Tolika, Konstantia ^b   Anagnostopoulou, Christina ^b   Kostopoulou, Effie ^c   Giannakopoulos, Christos ^c   Kolokytha, Eleni ^a   Tegoulias, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Circulation patterns; Ensembles; Extreme climate indices; Global climate models; Large scale circulation; RCCA; Regional climate models

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; ENSEMBLES; EXTREME CLIMATE INDICES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS; LARGE SCALE CIRCULATION; RCCA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79957647413     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00984     Document Type: Article

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