Model estimates of land-driven predictability in a changing climate from CCSM4

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8495-8512

  Dirmeyer, Paul A ^a,b   Kumar, Sanjiv ^b   Fennessy, Michael J ^b   Altshuler, Eric L ^b   Delsole, Timothy ^a,b   Guo, Zhichang ^b   Cash, Benjamin A ^b   Straus, David ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Climate change; Climate models; Climate variability; Land surface model; Land use

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE;

GREAT PLAINS;

POACEAE;

EID: 84886245440     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00029.1     Document Type: Article

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