The change of North China climate in transient simulations using the IPCC SRES A2 and B2 scenarios with a coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 755-766

  Buhe, Cholaw ^a   Cubasch, Ulrich ^b   Lin, Yonghui ^c   Ji, Liren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; IPCC SRES A2 and B2 scenarios; North China; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1542379978     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02915400     Document Type: Article

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