Regional differences in aridity/drought conditions over Northeast Brazil: present state and future projections

Climatic Change

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 103-115

  Marengo, Jose A ^a   Bernasconi, Mauro ^b  

^a Technology and Innovation   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL PROJECTIONS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84925500692     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1310-1     Document Type: Article

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