Toward a new generation of world climate research and computing facilities

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1407-1412

  Shukla, J ^a,b   Palmer, T N ^c,g   Hagedorn, R ^c   Hoskins, B ^d,e   Kinter, J ^a,b   Marotzke, J ^f   Miller, M ^c   Slingo, J ^e,h  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE RESEARCH; COMPUTING FACILITIES; DEEP CONVECTION; FORECAST MODEL; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INPUT FIELD; KEY VARIABLES; MODEL EQUATIONS; NWP MODEL; PARAMETERIZING; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; TIME-SCALES;

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 78649234177     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010BAMS2900.1     Document Type: Article

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