Caribbean low-level jets and accompanying moisture fluxes in a global warming climate projected with CMIP3 multi-model ensemble and fine-mesh atmospheric general circulation models

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 964-977

  Nakaegawa, T ^a   Kitoh, A ^a   Ishizaki, Y ^a,c   Kusunoki, S ^a   Murakami, H ^a,b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

AGCM; Caribbean low level jet; CMIP3; Global warming; High resolution; Moisture flux; Multi model ensemble; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGCM; CMIP3; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW LEVEL JET; MOISTURE FLUXES; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; UNCERTAINTY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; JET STREAM; MOISTURE FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84900587521     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3733     Document Type: Article

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