An evaluation of the NCEP RSM for regional climate modeling

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 592-609

  Hong, Song You ^a,b   Leetmaa, Ants ^a  

^a Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

REGIONAL SPECTRAL MODEL (RSM);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0033080119     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0592:AEOTNR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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