Mid-twenty-first century climate change in the Central United States. Part II: Climate change processes

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 569-583

  Patricola, C M ^a,c   Cook, K H ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diurnal cycle; Great Plains; Great Plains low level jet; Precipitation; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EDDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREAT PLAINS; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874948824     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1379-z     Document Type: Article

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