Fast and slow precipitation responses to individual climate forcers: A PDRMIP multimodel study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2782-2791

  Samset, B H ^a   Myhre, G ^a   Forster, P M ^b   Hodnebrog, O ^a   Andrews, T ^c   Faluvegi, G ^d   Flaschner D ^e   Kasoar, M ^f   Kharin, V ^g   Kirkevag A ^h   Lamarque, J F ⁱ   Olivie D ^h   Richardson, T ^b   Shindell, D ^j   Shine, K P ^k   Takemura, T ^l   Voulgarakis, A ^f  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^l KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

climate drivers; PDRMIP; precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLAR RADIATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INTERMODEL VARIABILITY; PDRMIP; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADSORPTION; BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METHANE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SULFATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84971595207     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068064     Document Type: Article

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