Climate Change over China in the 21st Century as Simulated by BCC_CSM1.1-RegCM4.0

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 381-386

  Xue Jie, Gao ^a   Mei Li, Wang ^a,b   Giorgi, Filippo ^c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

China; climate change; RCP scenarios; regional climate model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CHINA;

EID: 85075752198     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2013.11447112     Document Type: Article

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