A technique for dynamically downscaling daily-averaged GCM datasets using the conformal cubic atmospheric model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-95

  Thatcher, Marcus ^a   McGregor, John L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Australia; Databases; Forcing; General circulation models; Regional models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES; FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; REGIONAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERPOLATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79951666689     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3351.1     Document Type: Article

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