Influences of climate change on California and Nevada regions revealed by a high-resolution dynamical downscaling study

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 2005-2020

  Pan, Lin Lin ^a,b   Chen, Shu Hua ^a   Cayan, Dan ^c   Lin, Mei Ying ^d   Hart, Quinn ^a   Zhang, Ming Hua ^a   Liu, Yubao ^b   Wang, Jianzhong ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute   (Taiwan)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; FREEZING; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80355132553     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0961-5     Document Type: Article

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