Evaluation of regional climate model simulations versus gridded observed and regional reanalysis products using a combined weighting scheme

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1433-1457

  Eum, Hyung Il ^a   Gachon, Philippe ^a,b   Laprise, R ^a   Ouarda, Taha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criteria of evaluation; Ensemble simulations; Regional climate model; Weighting scheme

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84859007179     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1149-3     Document Type: Article

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