Anthropogenic changes of the thermal and zonal flow structure over Western Europe and Eastern North Atlantic in CMIP3 and CMIP5 models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 2577-2588

  Haarsma, Reindert J ^a   Selten, Frank ^a   van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING; WINTER; ZONAL FLOW; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84886722522     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1734-8     Document Type: Article

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