Global climate model and coupled regional climate model simulations over the eastern United States: GENESIS and RegCM2 simulations

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-32

  Jenkins, G S ^a   Barron, E J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GCM; Nested climate model simulations; RegCM2; Regional climate modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODEL; GENESIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

USA, (EAST);

EID: 0030746747     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(96)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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