Climate downscaling as a source of uncertainty in projecting local climate change impacts

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue B, 2012, Pages 83-90

  Iizumi, Toshichika ^a   Uno, Fumichika ^b   Nishimori, Motoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 84864210627     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-B07     Document Type: Note

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