Assessment of CMIP5 global model simulations and climate change projections for the 21st century using a modified Thornthwaite climate classification

Climatic Change

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 523-538

  Elguindi, N ^a   Grundstein, A ^b   Bernardes, S ^b   Turuncoglu, U ^c   Feddema, J ^d  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MOISTURE;

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; NORTHERN LATITUDES; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84913543919     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-1020-0     Document Type: Article

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