Projected increases in intensity and frequency of rainfall extremes through a regional climate modeling approach

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13,271-13,286

  Wang, Xiuquan ^a   Huang, Guohe ^a,b   Liu, Jinliang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84919683409     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022564     Document Type: Article

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