Multiply nested regional climate simulation for southern South America: Sensitivity to model resolution

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2208-2223

  Rojas, Maisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747771033     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3167.1     Document Type: Article

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