Comparing tropical forest projections from two generations of hadley centre earth system models, HadGEM2-ES and HadCM3LC

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 495-511

  Good, Peter ^a   Jones, Chris ^a   Lowe, Jason ^a   Betts, Richard ^a   Gedney, Nicola ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON FORESTS; AMAZON RAIN FOREST; ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CARBON CYCLES; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; EARTH SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; FOREST DIEBACK; FOREST RESPONSE; GAS CONCENTRATION; IN-CONTROL; LOWER RESOLUTION; REGIONAL WARMING; TROPICAL FOREST; UNIFIED MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET);

FORESTRY;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREENHOUSE GAS; MODELING; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; MODELS;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84872893351     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00366.1     Document Type: Article

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