Sources of systematic errors in the climatology of a regional climate model over Europe

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 691-712

  Noguer, M ^a   Jones, R ^a   Murphy, J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ERROR CORRECTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032435734     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050249     Document Type: Article

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