A comprehensive modeling study on regional climate model (RCM) application-Regional warming projections in monthly resolutions under IPCC A1B scenario

Atmosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-572

  Rajib, Mohammad Adnan ^a   Rahman, Md Mujibur ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Climate change; Coastal region; PRECIS; RCM; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

A1B SCENARIOS; ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; BANGLADESH; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; COASTAL REGIONS; COMPREHENSIVE MODELING; DOMAIN SIZE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MODELING PROCESS; OBSERVED VALUES; POSITIVE SIDES; PRECIS; RCM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL WARMING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84874547191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos3040557     Document Type: Article

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