Interactions between perturbations to different Earth system components simulated by a fully-coupled climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 3055-3072

  Lambert, F Hugo ^a   Harris, Glen R ^b   Collins, Matthew ^a   Murphy, James M ^b   Sexton, David M H ^b   Booth, Ben B B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate projections; Earth system; Interactions; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PARAMETERIZATION; PERTURBATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84888049480     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1618-3     Document Type: Article

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