Regime dependent changes in global precipitation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 827-840

  Allan, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate models; Dynamical regime; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WALKER CIRCULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84864387343     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1134-x     Document Type: Article

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