Very high resolution regional climate model simulations over Greenland: Identifying added value

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lucas Picher, Philippe ^a,b   Wulff Nielsen, Maria ^b,c   Christensen, Jens H ^b   Aoalgeirsdóttir, Gufinna ^b   Mottram, Ruth ^b   Simonsen, Sebastian B ^b,c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIERS;

ADDED VALUES; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; GREENLAND; HIGHER RESOLUTION; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MODELS; LATERAL BOUNDARY; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; REALISTIC SIMULATION; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE SHEET; METEOROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84856609210     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016267     Document Type: Review

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