How Well does BCC_CSM1.1 Reproduce the 20th Century Climate Change over China?

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-26

  Xiao Ge, Xin ^a   Tong Wen, Wu ^a   Jiang Long, Li ^a   Zai Zhi, Wang ^a   Wei Ping, Li ^a   Fang Hua, Wu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

BCC_CSM; climate change; climate system model; simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 85075725758     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2013.11447053     Document Type: Article

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