Multi-model ensemble simulation and projection in the climate change in the Mekong River Basin. Part I: temperature

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7513-7523

  Huang, Yong ^a,b   Wang, Fengyou ^a,c   Li, Yi ^a   Cai, Tijiu ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUIZHOU MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Climate change; CMIP5; Ensemble; Mekong River

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

BAYESIAN; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; ENSEMBLE; MEKONG RIVER; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; TEMPERATURE SIMULATIONS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RIVER BASIN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WARMING; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; PROCEDURES; RIVER; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MEKONG RIVER;

BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84910000736     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3944-x     Document Type: Article

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