Future changes in summertime precipitation amounts associated with topography in the Japanese islands

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4142-4153

  Tsunematsu, Nobumitsu ^a   Dairaku, Koji ^a   Hirano, Junpei ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

dynamical downscaling; future climate changes; multi model; regional climate; summertime precipitation; topography

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; MULTI-MODEL; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PREVAILING WIND DIRECTIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84881135870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50383     Document Type: Article

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