Changes in Extreme Events as Simulated by a High-Resolution Regional Climate Model for the Next 20–30 Years over China

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 483-488

  Ji Yun, Xu ^a   Ying, Shi ^b   Xue Jie, Gao ^b  

^a Zhejiang Climate Center   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

China; climate change; extreme events; regional climate model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CHINA;

EID: 84921465554     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2012.11447044     Document Type: Article

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