Dynamical downscaling of ERA-40 in complex terrain using the WRF regional climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1551-1564

  Heikkila U ^a   Sandvik, A ^a   Sorteberg, A ^b  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Downscaling; ENSEMBLES; ERA 40; Regional climate modelling; WRF

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWAY;

EID: 80053334639     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0928-6     Document Type: Article

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