Initial CEOP-based review of the prediction skill of operational general circulation models and land surface models

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85 A, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 99-116

  Yang, Kun ^a   Rasmy, Mohamed ^a   Rauniyar, Surendra ^a   Koike, Toshio ^a   Taniguchi, Kenji ^a   Tamagawa, Katsunori ^a   Koudelova, Petra ^a   Kitsuregawa, Masaru ^b   Nemoto, Toshihiro ^b   Yasukawa, Masaki ^b   Ikoma, Eiji ^a   Bosilovich, Michael G ^c   Williams, Steve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATION BUDGET; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

EID: 34248639293     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85A.99     Document Type: Article

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