Does the Danube exist? Versions of reality given by various regional climate models and climatological data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Lucarini, Valerio ^a,b   Danihlik, Robert ^a   Kriegerova, Ida ^a   Speranza, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DANUBE BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34548648594     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008360     Document Type: Article

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