Projected wave conditions in the Eastern North Pacific under the influence of two CMIP5 climate scenarios

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-185

  Erikson, L H ^a   Hegermiller, C A ^a,b   Barnard, P L ^a   Ruggiero, P ^c   van Ormondt, M ^d  

^a Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eastern North Pacific; GCMs; Wave climate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES;

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; EXTREME WAVE HEIGHTS; GCMS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; WAVE CLIMATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HINDCASTING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE HEIGHT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84949531420     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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