An analysis of regional climate model performance over the tropical Americas. Part II: Simulating subseasonal variability of precipitation associated with ENSO forcing

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-356

  Tourigny, Etienne ^a   Jones, Colin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 64249109114     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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