Sensitivity of the continental hydrological cycle to the spatial resolution over the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-285

  Vérant, Sylvie ^a   Laval, K ^a   Polcher, J ^a   De Castro, M ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RESOLUTION; RUNOFF;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942466450     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0267:SOTCHC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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