Diurnal cycle of precipitation amount and frequency in Sweden: Observation versus model simulation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 664-674

  Jeong, Jee Hoon ^a   Walther, Alexander ^a   Nikulin, Grigory ^b   Chen, Deliang ^a   Jones, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; SWEDEN;

EID: 79960394804     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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