Dynamical downscaling of climate change in Central Asia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-39

  Mannig, Birgit ^a   Müller, Markus ^a   Starke, Eva ^b   Merkenschlager, Christian ^a   Mao, Weiyi ^c   Zhi, Xiefei ^d   Podzun, Ralf ^e   Jacob, Daniela ^e   Paeth, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Xinjiang Climate Center   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Climate change; Regional climate modeling

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING (RCM); SPATIAL PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ACQUISITION; DOWNSCALING; MOUNTAIN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA;

EID: 84888004801     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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