Evaluation of a regional atmospheric model for January 1993, using in situ measurements from the Antarctic

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 507-514

  Van Lipzig, Nicole P M ^a,b   Van Meijgaard, Erik ^a   Oerlemans, Johannes ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032426285     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998aog27-1-507-514     Document Type: Article

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