Extreme climate in China: Facts, simulation and projection

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-304

  Wang, Hui Jun ^a   Sun, Jian Qi ^c   Chen, Huo Po ^c   Zhu, Ya Li ^c   Zhang, Ying ^c   Jiang, Da Bang ^c   Lang, Xian Mei ^c   Fan, Ke ^c   Yu, En Tao ^c   Yang, Song ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD SURGE; DYNAMICAL MODEL; EASTERN CHINA; EXTREME CLIMATES; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; GLOBAL MODELS; HEAT WAVES; HEAVY RAINFALL; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INTER-DECADAL VARIATIONS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MEAN PRECIPITATION; NEW APPROACHES; NORTHERN CHINA; NORTHWEST CHINA; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL MODEL; SPATIAL FEATURES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; VEGETATION CONDITION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DUST; FLOODS; LASERS; SNOW;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; DUST STORM; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; FUTURE PROSPECT; SNOWSTORM; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CHINA;

EID: 84867250110     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2012/0330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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