Will boreal winter precipitation over China increase in the future? An AGCM simulation under summer "ice-free Arctic" conditions

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 921-926

  Ma, Jie Hua ^a,b,c   Wang, Hui Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Ying ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; East Asian winter monsoon; ice free Arctic; sea ice; winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857656502     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4925-x     Document Type: Article

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