Simulated differences in 21st century aridity due to different scenarios of greenhouse gases and aerosols

Climatic Change

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2018, Pages 407-422

  Lin, L ^a,b   Gettelman, A ^b   Fu, Q ^a,c   Xu, Y ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; DRYING; EARTH (PLANET); EMISSION CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC OXIDANTS; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AEROSOL; ARIDITY; CLIMATE MODELING; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SIMULATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84957538623     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1615-3     Document Type: Article

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