A step-response approach for predicting and understanding non-linear precipitation changes

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2789-2803

  Good, Peter ^a   Ingram, William ^a,b   Lambert, F Hugo ^c   Lowe, Jason A ^a   Gregory, Jonathan M ^a,d   Webb, Mark J ^a   Ringer, Mark A ^a   Wu, Peili ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global climate change; Impacts; Precipitation; Projections

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY BUDGET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CHANGE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84869500561     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1571-1     Document Type: Article

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