Past and future wind climates over the contiguous USA based on the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program model suite

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Pryor, S C ^a   Barthelmie, R J ^a   Schoof, J T ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; WIND EFFECTS;

DESCRIPTORS; EXTREME WIND SPEED; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MACRO SCALE; NORTH AMERICAN; REANALYSIS; REFERENCE DATA; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RETURN PERIODS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND CLIMATE; WIND REGIME; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROSTATICS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867644012     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017449     Document Type: Article

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