Can ensembles of regional climate model simulations improve results from sensitivity studies?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1111-1118

  O'Brien, Travis A ^a   Sloan, Lisa C ^a   Snyder, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensemble; Intrinsic variability; Regional climate model; Sensitivity study

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052261600     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0900-5     Document Type: Article

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