An appropriate general circulation model (GCM) to investigate climate change impact

International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-47

  Farzaneh, Mohammad Reza ^a   Eslamian, Saeid ^b   Samadi, S Zahra ^c   Akbarpour, Aboulfazl ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

Author keywords

CCSR; CGCM2; Climate change; CSIRO; Shahrekord; GCM; General circulation model; HADCM3; Northern Karoon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875786549     PISSN: 20427808     EISSN: 20427816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHST.2012.045938     Document Type: Article

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