Impact of the lateral boundary conditions resolution on dynamical downscaling of precipitation in mediterranean spain

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-499

  Amengual, A ^a   Romero, Romu ^a   Homar, V ^a   Ramis, C ^a   Alonso, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34547862477     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0242-0     Document Type: Article

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