Downscaling of South America present climate driven by 4-member HadCM3 runs

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 635-653

  Chou, Sin Chan ^a   Marengo, José A ^a   Lyra, André A ^a   Sueiro, Gustavo ^a   Pesquero, José F ^a   Alves, Lincoln M ^a   Kay, Gillian ^b   Betts, Richard ^b   Chagas, Diego J ^a   Gomes, Jorge L ^a   Bustamante, Josiane F ^a   Tavares, Priscila ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate simulation uncertainty; Eta model; Present climate; Regional climate model; South America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; EL NINO; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LA NINA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84856256515     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1002-8     Document Type: Article

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