GCMs-based spatiotemporal evolution of climate extremes during the 21 st century in China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 11,017-11,035

  Li, Jianfeng ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^b   Chen, Yongqin David ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Extreme precipitation; Extreme temperature; General Circulation Models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DROUGHT; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DOWN-SCALING; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DOWNSCALING; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; FROST; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NATURAL HAZARD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING;

CHINA;

EID: 84887182901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50851     Document Type: Article

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