Changes in the onset and length of seasons from an ensemble of regional climate models over Spain for future climate conditions

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 635-642

  de la Franca, N López ^a   Sanchez E ^a   Dominguez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATABASE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MODEL VALIDATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SPAIN;

EID: 84887320676     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0868-2     Document Type: Article

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