High-resolution simulations of West African climate using regional climate model (RegCM3) with different lateral boundary conditions

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 293-314

  Sylla, M B ^a   Gaye, A T ^a   Pal, J S ^b   Jenkins, G S ^c   Bi, X Q ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 69949095810     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0110-4     Document Type: Article

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