Notes of numerical simulation of summer rainfall in China with a regional climate model REMO

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 999-1008

  Cui, Xuefeng ^a,b   Huang, Gang ^b   Chen, Wen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Domain choice; Regional climate model REMO; Running mode; Summer rainfall in China

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049099630     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0999-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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