Future climate change scenarios over Korea using a multi-nested downscaling system: A pilot study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-435

  Hong, Song You ^a   Moon, Nan Kyoung ^b   Lim, Kyo Sun Sunny ^a   Kim, Jong Won ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

climate change; East Asian summer monsoon; ECHAM5; regional climate; RSM; WRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651459441     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-010-0024-1     Document Type: Article

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