Projected changes in temperature and precipitation extremes over the Yangtze River Basin of China in the 21st century

Quaternary International

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 44-52

  Xu, Ying ^a   Xu, Chonghai ^a,c,d   Gao, Xuejie ^a,b   Luo, Yong ^a  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 70349978862     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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