Effects of a subgrid-scale topography and land use scheme on the simulation of surface climate and hydrology. Part I: Effects of temperature and water vapor disaggregation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-333

  Giorgi, Filippo ^a   Francisco, Raquel ^a   Pal, Jeremy ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPLEX TERRAIN; LAND USE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER VAPOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 0037593896     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)4<317:EOASTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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