Characteristics of an East-Asian summer monsoon climatology simulated by the RegCM3

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 139-158

  Park, E H ^a   Hong, Song You ^a   Kang, Hyun Suk ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 50649125200     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-008-0300-0     Document Type: Article

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