Simulated snow water equivalent change between the 1980s and 1990s in the Sea of Japan side area using a regional climate model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-282

  Yoshikane, Takao ^a   Hara, Masayuki ^a   Ma, Xieyao ^a   Kawase, Hiroaki ^b   Kimura, Fujio ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATION BUDGET; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER BASIN; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWMELT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 79960118554     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2011-307     Document Type: Article

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