Tropical precipitation and convection changes in the Max Planck Institute Earth system model (MPI-ESM) in response to CO2 forcing

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-97

  Crueger, Traute ^a   Hohenegger, Cathy ^a   May, Wilhelm ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

global warming; precipitation change; tropical convection

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; GLOBAL WARMING; TROPICS;

CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON EQUATIONS; CLOUD RESOLVING SIMULATIONS; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND SURFACE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84876713930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jame.20012     Document Type: Article

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