CMIP5 scientific gaps and recommendations for CMIP6

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 95-105

  Stouffer, R J ^a   Eyring, V ^b   Meehl, G A ^c   Bony, S ^d   Senior, C ^e   Stevens, B ^f   Taylor, K E ^g  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^g LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS;

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EMISSION SCENARIO; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; NATURAL CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; STANDING PROBLEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85011710613     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00013.1     Document Type: Article

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