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Sensitivity of the regional climate of East/Southeast Asia to convective parameterizations in the RegCM3 modelling system. Part 1: Focus on the Korean peninsula

  1. Eun-Soon Im1,*,
  2. Joong-Bae Ahn2,
  3. Armelle Reca Remedio3,
  4. Won-Tae Kwon1

Article first published online: 19 MAR 2008

DOI: 10.1002/joc.1664

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International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volume 28, Issue 14, pages 1861–1877, 30 November 2008

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Im, E.-S., Ahn, J.-B., Remedio, A. R. and Kwon, W.-T. (2008), Sensitivity of the regional climate of East/Southeast Asia to convective parameterizations in the RegCM3 modelling system. Part 1: Focus on the Korean peninsula. Int. J. Climatol., 28: 1861–1877. doi: 10.1002/joc.1664

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  1. 1

    Climate Research Team, National Institute of Meteorological Research, KMA, Seoul, Korea

  2. 2

    Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

  3. 3

    Manila Observatory, Ateneo de Manila Campus, Philippines

*Earth System Physics, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 19 MAR 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 10 NOV 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 5 NOV 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 16 JAN 2007

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  • Sustainable Water Resources Research Center of the 21st Century Frontier Research Program. Grant Number: code#1-9-3

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