Impacts of urbanization on future climate in China

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 345-357

  Chen, Liang ^a,b   Frauenfeld, Oliver W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Future climate; Urbanization; WRF

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT CAPACITY; URBANIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84944522947     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2840-6     Document Type: Article

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