Future change of the global monsoon revealed from 19 CMIP5 models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1247-1260

  Hsu, Pang Chi ^a   Li, Tim ^a   Murakami, Hiroyuki ^a   Kitoh, Akio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMIP5; global monsoon; global warming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAIN;

CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GLOBAL MONSOON; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SURFACE EVAPORATION; THERMODYNAMIC FACTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONSOON; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84876821977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50145     Document Type: Article

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