Sensitivity study of heavy precipitation in Limited Area Model climate simulations: Influence of the size of the domain and the use of the spectral nudging technique

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 591-604

  Colin, Jeanne ^a   DéQué, Michel ^a   Radu, Raluca ^b   Somot, Samuel ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b National Meteorological Administration LNM   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957151234     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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