On the role of resolution and topography in the simulation of East Asia precipitation

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 86, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 173-185

  Gao, Xuejie ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Zhao, Zongci ^a   Pal, J S ^b   Giorgi, F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33748145224     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-005-0214-4     Document Type: Article

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