Simulation of Extreme Climate Events over China with Different Regional Climate Models

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-56

  Jin Ming, Feng ^a   Yong Li, Wang ^b   Cong Bin, Fu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

drought; extreme climate event; flood; RMIP; spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; YANGTZE VALLEY;

EID: 84886089377     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2011.11446903     Document Type: Article

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