Sensitivity of ecosystem models to the spatial resolution of the NCAR Community Climate Model CCM2

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 409-429

  Ciret, C ^b   Henderson Sellers, A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; GCM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL SENSITIVITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0031697780     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050231     Document Type: Article

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