Sensitivity of a regional climate model to the resolution of the lateral boundary conditions

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 107-126

  Denis, B ^a,b,c   Laprise, R ^a   Caya, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037279267     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-002-0264-6     Document Type: Article

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