Changes in the South Pacific Convergence Zone in IPCC AR4 future climate projections

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-19

  Brown, Josephine R ^a   Moise, Aurel F ^a   Delage, Francois P ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; General circulation model; South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84863009192     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1192-0     Document Type: Article

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