A multi-physics ensemble of regional climate change projections over the Iberian Peninsula

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1749-1768

  Jerez, Sonia ^a,b   Montavez, Juan Pedro ^a   Gomez Navarro, Juan Jose ^a   Lorente Plazas, Raquel ^a   Garcia Valero, Juan Andres ^a,c   Jimenez Guerrero, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia (AEMET)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; Parameterization schemes; Physics ensemble; Regional climate change projections

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84884698670     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1551-5     Document Type: Article

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