Performance of Regional Integrated Environment Modeling System (RIEMS) in precipitation simulations over East Asia

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1767-1787

  Zhao, Deming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate; Precipitation; RIEMS2.0; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRECISION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84875753510     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1660-1     Document Type: Article

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