Impact of the LMDZ atmospheric grid configuration on the climate and sensitivity of the IPSL-CM5A coupled model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 2167-2192

  Hourdin, Frédéric ^a   Foujols, Marie Alice ^c   Codron, Francis ^b   Guemas, Virginie ^b   Dufresne, Jean Louis ^b   Bony, Sandrine ^b   Denvil, Sébastien ^c   Guez, Lionel ^b   Lott, François ^b   Ghattas, Josefine ^c   Braconnot, Pascale ^d   Marti, Olivier ^d   Meurdesoif, Yann ^d   Bopp, Laurent ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change projections; Climate modeling; Grid resolution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 84876826265     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1411-3     Document Type: Article

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