Validation of a multidecadal RCM hindcast over East Asia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 225-241

  Kim, Jinwon ^a   Jung, Hyun Sook ^a,b   Mechoso, C R ^a   Kang, Hyun Suk ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

climate; climatology; East Asia; regional; simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HINDCASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGBEI PINGYUAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SIBERIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 41749103994     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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