Sources of uncertainty in projections of twenty-first century westerly wind changes over the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, in CMIP5 climate models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 2093-2104

  Bracegirdle, Thomas J ^a   Turner, John ^a   Hosking, J Scott ^a   Phillips, Tony ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glacier retreat; Teleconnection; Tropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891451471     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2032-1     Document Type: Article

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