How do weather characteristics change in a warming climate?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 3261-3281

  Kim, Ok Yeon ^a   Wang, Bin ^b   Shin, Sun Hee ^a  

^a APEC Climate Center   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; CMIP5; Extreme events; Mean interdiurnal variability; Weather characteristics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WARMING; WEATHER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84888020453     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1795-8     Document Type: Article

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