Climate change scenarios for Estonia based on climate models from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 166-180

  Jaagus, Jaak ^a   Mändla, Kaupo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Baltic sea region; Climate change; Climate scenario; Estonia; General circulation model; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; EMISSION INVENTORY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84906956001     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: 17367557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2014.15     Document Type: Article

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