Testing WRF capability in simulating the atmospheric water cycle over Equatorial East Africa

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1357-1379

  Pohl, Benjamin ^a   Crétat, Julien ^a   Camberlin, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

East Africa; Rainfall; Regional climate modeling; Water cycle; WRF

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 80053320493     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1024-2     Document Type: Article

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