Changes in mean and extreme climates over China with a 2°C global warming

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1453-1461

  Lang, XianMei ^a   Sui, Yue ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

2 C global warming; China; mean and extreme climates; projection; regional climate model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886099040     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5520-5     Document Type: Article

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