Assessment of dynamic downscaling of the extreme rainfall over East Asia using a regional climate model

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1077-1098

  Gao, Yanhong ^a   Xue, Yongkang ^b   Peng, Wen ^a   Kang, Hyun Suk ^c   Waliser, Duane ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cumulus convection scheme; DDM; land parameterization; lateral boundary location; MM5; re initialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051891882     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0039-7     Document Type: Article

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