Perspectives on CMIP5 model performance in the Nile River headwaters regions

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4262-4275

  Bhattacharjee, Partha S ^a,b   Zaitchik, Benjamin F ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; CMIP5; GCM; Nile River; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GCM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; NILE RIVERS; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEADWATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER RESOURCE;

NILE RIVER;

EID: 84957968273     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4284     Document Type: Article

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