A six-step approach to developing future synoptic classifications based on GCM output

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1792-1802

  Lee, Cameron C ^a   Sheridan, Scott C ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation patterns; Climate change; GCM; Principal component analysis; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; ATMOSPHERIC PATTERN; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLUSTER FREQUENCIES; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; DATA SETS; GCM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HISTORICAL DATA; LOCAL IMPACTS; OUTPUT DATA; REANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 84867021565     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2394     Document Type: Article

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