Ensemble simulations to investigate the impact of large-scale urbanization on precipitation in the lower reaches of Yangtze River Valley, China

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 678, 2014, Pages 258-266

  Wan, Hongchao ^a   Zhong, Zhong ^a,b  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ensemble; Precipitation; Urban clusters; WRF; Yangtze river valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927577761     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2125     Document Type: Article

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