21st Century changes in snow climate in Northern Europe: A high-resolution view from ENSEMBLES regional climate models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 2575-2591

  Räisänen, Jouni ^a   Eklund, Joonas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate projection; ENSEMBLES; Northern Europe; Regional climate model; Snow; Snow water equivalent; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE GAS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84861838176     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1076-3     Document Type: Article

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