Response of the midlatitude jets, and of their variability, to increased greenhouse gases in the CMIP5 models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 7117-7135

  Barnes, Elizabeth A ^a   Polvani, Lorenzo ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; HISTORICAL PERIODS; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL OUTPUTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; JET FLOW; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; ROSSBY WAVE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84879920574     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00536.1     Document Type: Article

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