Land use effects on climate in China as simulated by a regional climate model

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 620-628

  Gao, Xue Jie ^a   Zhang, Dong Feng ^a,b   Chen, Zhong Xin ^c   Pal, J S ^d   Giorgi, F ^d  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b Shanxi Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

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

Author keywords

China; Land use; Regional climate change; Regional climate model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION;

CLIMATE IMPACTS; MONSOON CIRCULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; MONSOON; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 34247503630     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-2060-y     Document Type: Article

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