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Model description paper
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29 Nov 2010
Model description paper |
| 29 Nov 2010
IMOGEN: an intermediate complexity model to evaluate terrestrial impacts of a changing climate
C. Huntingford
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, OXON, OX10 8BB, UK
B. B. B. Booth
Met Office Hadley Centre, Fitz Roy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, UK
S. Sitch
Joint Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Research, Met Office Hadley Centre, Wallingford, OXON, OX10 8BB, UK
now at: School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
N. Gedney
Joint Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Research, Met Office Hadley Centre, Wallingford, OXON, OX10 8BB, UK
J. A. Lowe
Reading Unit, Met Office Hadley Centre, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Earley Gate, P.O. Box 243, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK
S. K. Liddicoat
Met Office Hadley Centre, Fitz Roy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, UK
L. M. Mercado
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, OXON, OX10 8BB, UK
M. J. Best
Joint Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Research, Met Office Hadley Centre, Wallingford, OXON, OX10 8BB, UK
G. P. Weedon
Joint Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Research, Met Office Hadley Centre, Wallingford, OXON, OX10 8BB, UK
R. A. Fisher
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
now at: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, NM 87545, USA
M. R. Lomas
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
P. Good
Met Office Hadley Centre, Fitz Roy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, UK
P. Zelazowski
Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK
A. C. Everitt
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, OXON, OX10 8BB, UK
A. C. Spessa
National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Earley Gate, P.O. Box 243, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK
C. D. Jones
Met Office Hadley Centre, Fitz Roy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, UK
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