Robust future precipitation declines in CMIP5 largely reflect the poleward expansion of model subtropical dry zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Scheff, Jack ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION;

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE WARMING; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PROMINENT FEATURES; SEASONAL CYCLE;

TROPICS;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL CYCLE; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84867025713     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052910     Document Type: Article

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