East Asian precipitation change in the global warming climate simulated by a 20-km mesh AGCM

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-247

  Yun, Kyung Sook ^a   Shin, Sun Hee ^a   Ha, Kyung Ja ^a   Kitoh, Akio ^b   Kusunoki, Shoji ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; East Asian Summer Monsoon; Extreme climate; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049098013     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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