Evaluation of global climate models in simulating extreme precipitation in China

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Ou, Tinghai ^a,b   Chen, Deliang ^a   Linderholm, Hans W ^a   Jeong, Jee Hoon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; CMIP5; Extreme precipitation; Global climate model; Scaling effect

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INTERPOLATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84882705613     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19799     Document Type: Article

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