Assessment of solution uncertainties in single-column modeling frameworks

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 352-365

  Hack, James J ^a   Pedretti, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SINGLE-COLUMN MODELS (SCM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0034037915     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0352:AOSUIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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