A daily temperature dataset over China and its application in validating a RCM simulation

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 763-772

  Xu, Ying ^a   Gao, Xuejie ^a   Shen, Yan ^b   Xu, Chonghai ^a   Shi, Ying ^a   Giorgi, F ^c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

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

Author keywords

China; Interpolation; Regional climate model; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849119456     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-9029-z     Document Type: Article

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