Role of soil moisture in the amplification of climate warming in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East

Climate Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-37

  Zittis, George ^a   Hadjinicolaou, Panos ^a   Lelieveld, Jos ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern mediterranean middle east; HadRM3P; Land atmosphere interactions; Regional climate model; Soil moisture; Summer temperature

Indexed keywords

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN-MIDDLE EAST; HADRM3P; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AMPLIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SUMMER; WARMING; WATER CONTENT;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84893629120     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01205     Document Type: Article

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