Diagnosing northern hemisphere jet portrayal in 17 CMIP3 global climate models: Twentieth-century intermodel variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4910-4929

  Delcambre, Sharon C ^a   Lorenz, David J ^a   Vimont, Daniel J ^a   Martin, Jonathan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INTERMODEL VARIABILITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; JET FLOW; JET STREAM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84880677814     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00337.1     Document Type: Article

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