The diurnal temperature range in the CMIP5 models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 405-421

  Lindvall, Jenny ^a   Svensson, Gunilla ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CMIP5; Diurnal temperature range; Global climate models; HadGHCND; Maximum temperature; Minimum temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939896407     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2144-2     Document Type: Article

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