An integrated approach to assessing 21st century climate change over the contiguous U.S. using the NARCCAP RCM output

Climatic Change

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 809-827

  Elguindi, N ^a   Grundstein, A ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MODEL INTERCOMPARISONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TOPOGRAPHY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VISUALIZATION;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 84874950670     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0552-z     Document Type: Article

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