The South Pacific Convergence Zone in CMIP5 simulations of historical and future climate

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 2179-2197

  Brown, Josephine R ^a   Moise, Aurel F ^a   Colman, Robert A ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; General circulation model; South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ); Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THERMODYNAMICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84884703426     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1591-x     Document Type: Article

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