Multi-model projection of July-August climate extreme changes over China under CO2 doubling. Part I: Precipitation

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 433-447

  Li, Hongmei ^a,b   Feng, Lei ^a,b   Zhou, Tianjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 doubling; coupled climate model; extreme precipitation; projection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551661451     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0013-4     Document Type: Article

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