The community earth system model (CESM) large ensemble project : A community resource for studying climate change in the presence of internal climate variability

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1333-1349

  Kay, J E ^a   Deser, C ^b   Phillips, A ^b   Mai, A ^b   Hannay, C ^b   Strand, G ^b   Arblaster, J M ^b,c   Bates, S C ^b   Danabasoglu, G ^b   Edwards, J ^b   Holland, M ^b   Kushner, P ^d   Lamarque, J F ^b   Lawrence, D ^b   Lindsay, K ^b   Middleton, A ^b   Munoz, E ^b   Neale, R ^b   Oleson, K ^b   Polvani, L ^e   Vertenstein, M ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE PROJECTION; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; COMMUNITY RESOURCES; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EARTH SYSTEM GRIDS; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERNAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84926330053     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 15200477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00255.1     Document Type: Article

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