Implications of ural blocking for East Asian winter climate in CMIP5 GCMs. Part I: Biases in the historical scenario

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2203-2216

  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

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; BLOCKING; BLOCKING INDEX; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SIBERIAN HIGHS; TELECONNECTIONS; WINTER/COOL SEASONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET STREAM; TELECONNECTION; WESTERLY; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE; FAR EAST; SIBERIA;

EID: 84961356228     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00308.1     Document Type: Article

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