Med-CORDEX initiative for Mediterranean climate studies

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1187-1208

  Ruti, Paolo M ^a   Somot, S ^b   Giorgi, F ^c   Dubois, C ^b   Flaounas, E ^d   Obermann, A ^e   Dell'Aquila, A ^f   Pisacane, G ^f   Harzallah, A ^g   Lombardi, E ^f   Ahrens, B ^e   Akhtar, N ^e   Alias, A ^b   Arsouze, T ^h   Aznar, R ⁱ   Bastin, S ^j   Bartholy, J ^k   Beranger K ^h   Beuvier, J ^b   Bouffies Cloche S ^b   Brauch, J ^e,y   Cabos, W ^l   Calmanti, S ^f   Calvet, J C ^b   Carillo, A ^f   Conte, D ^m   Coppola, E ^c   Djurdjevic, V ⁿ   Drobinski, P ^j   Elizalde Arellano, A ^o   Gaertner, M ^p   Galan P ^q   Gallardo, C ^p   Gualdi, S ^m   Goncalves, M ^r   Jorba, O ^s   Jorda G ^t   L'Heveder, B ^j   Lebeaupin Brossier, C ^b   Li, L ^j   Liguori, G ^l   Lionello, P ^u   Macias D ^v   Nabat, P ^b   Onol B ^w   Raikovic, B ⁿ   Ramage, K ^j   Sevault, F ^b   Sannino, G ^f   Struglia, M V ^f   Sanna, A ^m   Torma, C ^c   Vervatis, V ^x   more..

^a WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ENEA   (Italy)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^h ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

ⁱ Puertos de l'Estado   (Spain)

^j INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^k EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^m CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^o MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^s BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^t UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^v JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^w ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^x UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^y DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; REGIONAL DOWNSCALING; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84961393405     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00176.1     Document Type: Article

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