Simulation of regional climate change under the IPCC A2 scenario in southeast China

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 491-507

  Chen, Weilin ^a   Jiang, Zhihong ^a   Li, Laurent ^b   Yiou, Pascal ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate extremes; Southeast China; Variable grid model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREME EVENT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CHINA;

EID: 85027956784     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0910-3     Document Type: Article

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