Downscaling of DEMETER winter seasonal hindcasts over Northern Italy

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 424-434

  Pavan, V ^a   Marchesi, S ^a   Morgillo, A ^a   Cacciamani, C ^a   Doblas Reyes, F J ^b  

^a ARPA SIM   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; RESOLUTION; SEASONALITY; WINTER;

EID: 18544381702     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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