CMIP5-predicted climate shifts over the East Mediterranean: Implications for the transition region between Mediterranean and semi-arid climates

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2144-2153

  Peleg, Nadav ^a   Bartov, Maya ^a   Morin, Efrat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyprus low; Desertification; East Mediterranean; Hadley cell; Israel; Red Sea Trough; Synoptic classification

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

CYPRUS LOW; DESERTIFICATION; EAST MEDITERRANEAN; HADLEY CELLS; ISRAEL; RED SEA; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84939469299     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4114     Document Type: Article

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