Projected changes in climate extremes over China in the 21st century from a high resolution regional climate model (RegCM3)

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1443-1452

  Xu, JiYun ^a   Shi, Ying ^b   Gao, XueJie ^b   Giorgi, Filippo ^c  

^a Zhejiang Climate Center   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

China; climate change; climate extremes; regional climate model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886089070     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5548-6     Document Type: Article

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