A variable-resolution stretched-grid general circulation model and data assimilation system with multiple areas of interest: Studying the anomalous regional climate events of 1998

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2002, Pages ACL-12-1-ACL-12-25

  Fox Rabinovitz, Michael S ^a,c   Takacs, Lawrence L ^b,c   Govindaraju, Ravi C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1620 Global Change: Climate dynamics (3309); 3309 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Climatology (1620); 3337 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Numerical modeling and data assimilation; Downscaling; Drought; Flood; Mesoscale; Precipitation; Regional

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342300082     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002177     Document Type: Article

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