Changes in atmospheric blocking characteristics within Euro-Atlantic region and northern hemisphere as a whole in the 21st century from model simulations using RCP anthropogenic scenarios

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 265-270

  Mokhov, Igor I ^a   Timazhev, Alexander V ^a   Lupo, Anthony R ^b  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking anticyclones; Climate change; Model simulations; RCP scenarios; Reanalysis data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; BLOCKING ANTICYCLONES; MODEL SIMULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RCP SCENARIOS; REANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

EID: 84907538756     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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