Future projections of precipitation characteristics in East Asia simulated by the MRI CGCM2

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-478

  Kitoh, Akio ^a   Hosaka, Masahiro ^a   Adachi, Yukimasa ^a   Kamiguchi, Kenji ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Asia; GCM; Global warming; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944445457     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02918481     Document Type: Article

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