Spatially downscaling GCMs outputs to project changes in extreme precipitation and temperature events on the Loess Plateau of China during the 21st Century

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 82-83, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-73

  Li, Zhi ^a   Zheng, Fen Li ^b   Liu, Wen Zhao ^b   Jiang, De Juan ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme temperature events; Loess Plateau; Spatial downscaling

Indexed keywords

CHANGE TRENDS; CLIMATE EVENT; DOWN-SCALING; DROUGHT DURATION; EMISSION SCENARIO; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; GROWING SEASON LENGTHS; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; LOESS PLATEAU; SOIL LOSS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; TEMPERATURE INDEX; TRANSFER FUNCTION METHOD;

CLIMATE MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROWING SEASON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84455174078     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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