Extratropical cyclones and the projected decline of winter Mediterranean precipitation in the CMIP5 models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 1727-1738

  Zappa, Giuseppe ^a   Hawcroft, Matthew K ^a   Shaffrey, Len ^a   Black, Emily ^a   Brayshaw, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMIP5; Extratropical cyclones; Mediterranean climate; Precipitation projections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84943814100     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2426-8     Document Type: Article

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