An overview of BCC climate system model development and application for climate change studies

Journal of Meteorological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-56

  Wu, Tongwen ^a   Song, Lianchun ^a   Li, Weiping ^a   Wang, Zaizhi ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Xin, Xiaoge ^a   Zhang, Yanwu ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Li, Jianglong ^a   Wu, Fanghua ^a   Liu, Yiming ^a   Zhang, Fang ^a   Shi, Xueli ^a   Chu, Min ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Fang, Yongjie ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Lu, Yixiong ^a   Liu, Xiangwen ^a   Wei, Min ^b   Liu, Qianxia ^a   Zhou, Wenyan ^a   Dong, Min ^a   Zhao, Qigeng ^a   Ji, Jinjun ^a   Li, Laurent ^a,c   Zhou, Mingyu ^a,d   more..

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL FORECASTING CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

atmospheric general circulation model; Beijing Climate Center Climate System Model (BCC_CSM); land surface model; oceanic general circulation model; sea ice model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND SURFACE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA ICE;

EID: 84896089876     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: 21914788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-014-3041-7     Document Type: Article

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