The impacts of the summer Asian Jet Stream biases on surface air temperature in mid-eastern China in IPCC AR4 models

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-276

  Wang, Xin ^a   Zhou, Wen ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^b   Wang, Chunzai ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

IPCC AR4; Jet stream; Surface air temperature

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; EASTERN CHINA; IPCC AR4; JET STREAMS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; WEATHER AND CLIMATE FORECASTS; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; JET STREAM; ZONAL WIND;

CHINA;

EID: 84872595275     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3419     Document Type: Article

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