Assessment of climate change in Europe from an ensemble of regional climate models by the use of Köppen-Trewartha classification

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2157-2166

  Gallardo, Clemente ^a   Gil, Victoria ^b   Hagel, Edit ^b   Tejeda, César ^b   de Castro, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Castilla La Mancha Regional Health Authority   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate classification; Ensemble; Regional climate models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SHIFTS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; ENSEMBLE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 84879607147     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3580     Document Type: Article

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