Benefits and limitations of regional multi-model ensembles for storm loss estimations

Climate Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 211-225

  Donat, Markus G ^a   Leckebusch, Gregor C ^a   Wild, Simon ^a   Ulbrich, Uwe ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamical downscaling; Impact model; Multi model ensemble; Regional climate models; Storm losses; Winter storms

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; IMPACT MODEL; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; WINTER STORMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; STORMS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STORM SURGE; WIND FIELD;

GERMANY;

EID: 77954117894     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00891     Document Type: Article

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