Estimation of future surface temperature changes constrained using the future-present correlated modes in inter-model variability of CMIP3 multimodel simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Abe, Manabu ^a   Shiogama, Hideo ^a   Nozawa, Toru ^a   Emori, Seita ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; SEA ICE; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

20TH CENTURY; ARCTIC REGIONS; BEST ESTIMATES; CLIMATE SIMULATION; CROSS VALIDATION; EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; FUTURE CLIMATE; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; LEAVE-ONE-OUT; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MULTI-MODEL; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION METHOD; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 80053077404     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015111     Document Type: Article

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