Application of a Coupled Regional-Scale Hydrological-Atmospheric Model to Japan for Climate Change Study

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1050-1058

  Yoshitani, J ^a   Kavvas, M L ^b   Chen, Z Q ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT   (Japan)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer model; Climate change; Hydroclimate model; Japan; Land surface flow model; Mesoscale model; Meteorological Research Institute GCM I

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; JAPAN; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84862956623     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000190     Document Type: Article

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