Asymmetry of tropical precipitation change under global warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Chou, Chia ^a,b   Tu, Jien Yu ^a   Tan, Pei Hua ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS;

ASYMMETRIC PATTERN; SEASONAL CYCLE; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ASYMMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 35948933859     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030327     Document Type: Article

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