Anthropogenic influence on summer precipitation trends over South America in CMIP5 models

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3172-3177

  Vera, Carolina S ^a   Díaz, Leandro ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic forcing; Climate change; Precipitation trends; South America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; INTERNAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84938899764     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4153     Document Type: Article

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