Evaluation of CMIP5 20th century climate simulations for the Pacific Northwest USA

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10,884-10,906

  Rupp, David E ^a   Abatzoglou, John T ^b   Hegewisch, Katherine C ^b   Mote, Philip W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

20th century; CMIP5; empirical orthogonal function; Pacific Northwest

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; REDUNDANCY;

20TH CENTURY; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INFORMATION REDUNDANCIES; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887131072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50843     Document Type: Article

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