The effect of horizontal resolution on simulation of very extreme US precipitation events in a global atmosphere model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-247

  Wehner, Michael F ^a   Smith, Richard L ^b   Bala, G ^c   Duffy, Phillip ^d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d Climate Central Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Extreme precipitation; High resolution; Return value

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77749296049     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0656-y     Document Type: Article

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