Where to see climate change best in radio occultation variables - Study using GCMs and ECMWF reanalyses

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2147-2167

  Lackner, B C ^a   Steiner, A K ^a   Kirchengast, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Pressure, density, and temperature); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Climatology); Radio science Remote sensing)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPOTENTIAL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 82455198945     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-2147-2011     Document Type: Article

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