Will the southern african west coast fog be affected by future climate change?: Results of an initial fog projection using a regional climate model

Erdkunde

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-275

  Haensler, Andreas ^a,b   Cermak, Jan ^c   Hagemann, Stefan ^a   Jacob, Daniela ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Fog modeling; Meteosat Second Generation; Namib Desert; Regional climate model; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; FOG; FUTURE PROSPECT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; WATER CONTENT;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

EID: 80053978184     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2011.03.04     Document Type: Article

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