Future climate of the Caribbean from a regional climate model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1866-1878

  Campbell, Jayaka D ^a   Taylor, Michael A ^a   Stephenson, Tannecia S ^a   Watson, Rhodene A ^a   Whyte, Felicia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Climate change; Rainfall; Scenarios; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN; FUTURE CLIMATE; PUERTO RICO; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SCENARIOS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 80053315020     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2200     Document Type: Article

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