A comparative study of precipitation and evaporation between CMIP3 and CMIP5 climate model ensembles in semiarid regions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3731-3749

  Baker, Noel C ^a,b   Huang, Huei Ping ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; EVAPORATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABLES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODEL ENSEMBLES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEMI-ARID REGION; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900420857     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00398.1     Document Type: Article

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