Future projection of Indian summer monsoon variability under climate change scenario: An assessment from CMIP5 climate models

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-78

  Sharmila, S ^a   Joseph, S ^a   Sahai, A K ^a   Abhilash, S ^a   Chattopadhyay, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; CMIP5; Future projection; Monsoon variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RAIN; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CMIP5; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MONSOON VARIABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONSOON; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS; VULNERABILITY;

INDIA;

EID: 84918817283     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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