Ability of NCAR RegCM2 in Reproducing the Dominant Physical Processes during the Anomalous Rainfall Episodes in the Summer of 1991 over the Yangtze-Huaihe Valley

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 236-254

  Luo, Yong ^a   Zhao, Zongci ^a   Ding, Yihui ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Daily rainfall; Regional climate modeling; The Yangtze Huaihe valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347935708     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-002-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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