Seasonal/regional variation of variability characteristic of daily maximum/minimum temperatures in Japan observed and reproduced by RegCM nested in NCAR-CSM

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-87

  Kadokura, Shinji ^a   Kato, Hisashi ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 17744379570     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.69     Document Type: Article

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