Evolving land-atmosphere interactions over North America from CMIP5 simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7313-7327

  Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a,b   Jin, Yan ^a   Csingh, Cbohar ^a   Yan, Cxiaoqin ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Boundary layer; Climate change; Climate models; Hydrologic cycle; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SEASONAL CLIMATE PREDICTION; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ENERGY; WARMING;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84884962983     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00454.1     Document Type: Article

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