Summertime land–sea thermal contrast and atmospheric circulation over East Asia in a warming climate—Part II: Importance of CO2-induced continental warming

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2569-2583

  Kamae, Youichi ^a   Watanabe, Masahiro ^b   Kimoto, Masahide ^b   Shiogama, Hideo ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMIP5; East Asia; Global warming; Land sea thermal contrast; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939872564     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2146-0     Document Type: Article

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