Agricultural land use effects on climate over China as simulated by a regional climate model

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-224

  Zhang, Dongfeng ^a   Gao, Xuejie ^a   Shi, Ying ^a   Giorgi, Filippo ^b   Dong, Wenjie ^c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

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

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use; Regional climate change; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND USE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; VEGETATION COVER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 79952373931     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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