Design of a regional climate model for the simulation of South China summer monsoon rainfall

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1645-1665

  Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Liu, Yiming ^a,b   Chow, K C ^a   Ding, Yihui ^b   Lau, William K M ^c   Chan, K L ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WORLD;

EID: 13844275390     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.82.1645     Document Type: Article

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