Temperature trends in the NARCCAP regional climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3985-3991

  Bukovsky, Melissa S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Model evaluation performance; North America; Regional models; Surface temperature; Trends

Indexed keywords

MODEL EVALUATION; NORTH AMERICA; REGIONAL MODEL; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84862729217     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00588.1     Document Type: Article

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