Summer precipitation changes in Northeast Asia from the AOGCM global warming experiments

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-490

  Lee, Eun Jeong ^a   Kwon, Won Tae ^b   Baek, Hee Jeong ^b,c  

^a National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

^b Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 58049119435     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.475     Document Type: Article

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