Approaches to the simulation of regional climate change: A review

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 191-216

  Giorgi, Filippo ^a   Mearns, Linda O ^a  

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MODEL METHODOLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WARMING SIMULATION;

EID: 0026288344     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/90RG02636     Document Type: Review

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