Uncertainties on the simulated summer precipitation over Eastern China from the CMIP5 models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9035-9047

  Huang, Dan Qing ^a   Zhu, Jian ^b   Zhang, Yao Cun ^a   Huang, An Ning ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; RAIN; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WESTERLY;

CHINA; HUAI BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84885150239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50695     Document Type: Article

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