Model ALADIN as regional climate model for Central and Eastern Europe

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-332

  Farda, A ^a   Déué, Michel ^b   Somot, Samuel ^b   Horányi, András ^c   Spiridonov, Valery ^d   Tóth, Helga ^c  

^a CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c HUNGARIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Hungary)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

ALADIN; Climate modeling; Domain size; ECMWF; ERA 40 reanalysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DATA PROCESSING; OROGRAPHY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BALKAN; BULGARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; TURKMENISTAN;

EID: 77952401807     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-010-0017-7     Document Type: Article

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