Circulation statistics and climate change in Central Europe: PRUDENCE simulations and observations

Climatic Change

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 179-192

  Van Ulden, Aad ^a   Lenderink, Geert ^a   Van Den Hurk, Bart ^a   Van Meijgaard, Erik ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION STATISTICS; GLOBAL MODELS; REGIONAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34248193252     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9212-5     Document Type: Review

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