Selecting GCM scenarios that span the range of changes in a multimodel ensemble: Application to CMIP5 climate extremes indices

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1260-1267

  Cannon, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS;

AUTOMATED PROCEDURES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; CLUSTER INITIALIZATION; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH DENSITY REGIONS; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84923043549     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00636.1     Document Type: Article

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