Sensitivity of a regional climate model on the simulation of high intensity rainfall events over the Arabian Peninsula and around Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 261-276

  Almazroui, Mansour ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; JEDDAH; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79955059686     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0387-3     Document Type: Article

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