Future Warming Patterns Linked to Today's Climate Variability

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Dai, Aiguo ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODEL; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; WARMING;

EID: 84954129284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19110     Document Type: Article

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