Climate Models and Their Projections of Future Changes

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2010, Pages 31-56

  Tebaldi, Claudia ^a   Knutti, Reto ^b  

^a Climate Central   (United States)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emission Scenario; Future Projection; Grow Season Length; Precipitation Change; SRES Scenario

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989357028     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2953-9_3     Document Type: Chapter

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