Simulation of Precipitation in Monsoon Regions of China by CMIP3 Models

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 194-200

  Kai, Tu ^a,b   Zhong Wei, Yan ^a   Xue Bin, Zhang ^c   Wen Jie, Dong ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

coupled models; East Asian Monsoon; generalized extreme values; IPCC AR4; precipitation

Indexed keywords

CMIP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HUAI BASIN; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84860340653     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2009.11446803     Document Type: Article

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