Modern climate over East Asia simulated by a regional climate model nested in a global gridpoint general circulation model

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-60

  Ju, Li Xia ^a,b   Wang, Hui Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Mesoscale signal; One way nesting; Regional climate model; Simulation of climate over East Asia

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33744963008     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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