Impact of evolving greenhouse gas forcing on the warming signal in regional climate model experiments

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Jerez, S ^a,b   Lopez Romero J M ^a   Turco, M ^c   Jimenez Guerrero P ^a   Vautard, R ^d   Montavez J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

EUROPE;

EID: 85044728256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03527-y     Document Type: Article

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