Impacts of spectral nudging on the sensitivity of a regional climate model to convective parameterizations in East Asia

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-77

  Song, Shi ^a   Tang, Jianping ^a   Chen, Xing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cumulus parameterizations; East Asian summer precipitation; Ensemble; Regional climate model (RCM); Spectral nudging

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULUS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

FAR EAST;

EID: 79952426656     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-011-0005-z     Document Type: Article

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