Numerical experiments on the spin-up time for seasonal-scale regional climate modeling

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-419

  Zhong, Zhong ^a,b   Hu, Yijia ^a   Min, Jinzhong ^b   Xu, Honglei ^c  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Hydrometric and Meteorological Centre of North China Sea Fleet   (China)

Author keywords

Numerical experiment; Regional climate model; Seasonal scale; Spin up

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 39649090278     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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