Regional climate simulations over the continental United States during the summer of 1988 driven by a GCM and the ECMWF analyses

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 19-38

  Jenkins, Gregory S ^a   Barron, Eric J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1988 summer drought; Climate variability; regional climate models; ECMWF; GCM; Regional climate simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033940659     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(00)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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