Regional climate model simulation of U.S.-Mixeco summer precipitation using the optimal ensemble of two cumulus parameterizations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 5201-5207

  Liang, Xin Zhong ^a   Xu, Min ^a   Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a   Grell, Georg A ^b   Kain, John S ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION;

INTERANNUAL ANOMALY; OPTIMAL ENSEMBLE; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; CUMULUS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION; SUMMER;

GREAT PLAINS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35649010856     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4306.1     Document Type: Article

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