Evaluation of water and energy budgets in regional climate models applied over Europe

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 547-567

  Hagemann, S ^a   Machenhauer, B ^c   Jones, R ^b   Christensen, O B ^c   Deque M ^d   Jacob, D ^a   Vidale, P L ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY BUDGET; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER BUDGET;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7744233812     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0444-7     Document Type: Article

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