Thermal characteristics of the cold-point tropopause region in CMIP5 models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 8827-8841

  Kim, Joowan ^a   Grise, Kevin M ^b   Son, Seok Woo ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS;

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84885123297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50649     Document Type: Article

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