Improving regional model simulations with precipitation assimilation

Earth Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Nunes, Ana M B ^a   Roads, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Precipitation assimilation; Regional model; South America

Indexed keywords

INITIAL CONDITIONS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL MODEL; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SIMULATION COMPARISON; SOUTH AMERICA;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

RAIN;

EID: 34848818177     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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