IMOGEN: An intermediate complexity model to evaluate terrestrial impacts of a changing climate

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 679-687

  Huntingford, C ^a   Booth, B B B ^b   Sitch, S ^b,f   Gedney, N ^b   Lowe, J A ^c   Liddicoat, S K ^b   Mercado, L M ^a   Best, M J ^b   Weedon, G P ^b   Fisher, R A ^d,g   Lomas, M R ^d   Good, P ^b   Zelazowski, P ^e   Everitt, A C ^a   Spessa, A C ^c   Jones, C D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND SURFACE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84875779287     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-3-679-2010     Document Type: Article

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