Evaluation of the european daily precipitation characteristics from the atmospheric model intercomparison project

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 505-522

  Osborn, Timothy J ^a   Hulme, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMIP; Climate models; Daily precipitation; Europe; Model evaluation; Spatial aggregation

Indexed keywords

GCM; PRECIPITATION; SPATIAL AGGREGATION;

EUROPE, (WEST);

EID: 0031848610     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199804)18:5<505::aid-joc263>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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