The role of the land-surface model for climate change projections over the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jerez, S ^a,b   Montavez, J P ^a   Gomez Navarro, J J ^a   Jimenez, P A ^c   Jimenez Guerrero, P ^a   Lorente, R ^a   Gonzalez Rouco, J F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGES; EXTREME EVENTS; FUTURE CLIMATE; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MEAN TEMPERATURE; POSITIVE SIGNALS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SUMMER SEASON; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION ZONE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84856044294     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016576     Document Type: Article

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