An assessment on the performance of IPCC AR4 climate models in simulating interdecadal variations of the East Asian summer monsoon

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 472-488

  Sun, Ying ^a   Ding, Yihui ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Climate models; East Asian summer monsoon; Model evaluation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MONSOON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 61349124774     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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