Projections of 2.0°C Warming over the Globe and China under RCP4.5

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 514-520

  Ying, Zhang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

2.0 C threshold; China; globe; RCP4.5; surface warming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CMIP; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FUTURE PROSPECT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84899493637     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2012.11447047     Document Type: Article

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