Implications of Ural blocking for East Asian winter climate in CMIP5 GCMs. Part II: Projection and uncertainty in future climate conditions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2217-2233

  Cheung, Hoffman H N ^a   Zhou, Wen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Blocking; General circulation models; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; MECHANICAL WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; BLOCKING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SIBERIAN HIGH INDICES; WINTER/COOL SEASONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; KARA; LAPTEV SEA; TOGO;

EID: 84961297726     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00309.1     Document Type: Article

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