On the use of the forced sensitivity method in climate studies

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 688, 2015, Pages 845-853

  Rasmijn, L M ^a   van der Schrier, G ^a   Barkmeijer, J ^a   Sterl, A ^a   Hazeleger, W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EC Earth; Forced sensitivity; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CHARACTERISTIC VALUE; FORCED SENSITIVITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION PATTERNS; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84928268192     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2402     Document Type: Article

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