Improvements over three generations of climate model simulations for eastern India

Climate Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-216

  Das, L ^a,b   Annan, J D ^a   Hargreaves, J C ^a   Emori, S ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Model improvement; Model improvement index; Rank; Seasonal cycle; Similarity statistics; Sub regional scale; Topography

Indexed keywords

BEST MODEL; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; EASTERN INDIA; GLOBAL MODELS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGES; MODEL EVALUATION; MULTI-MODEL; RANK; REGIONAL SCALE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUB-REGIONAL SCALE; THREE GENERATIONS; WEST BENGAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ERROR STATISTICS; TAR;

TOPOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; UNITED STATES; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84860207371     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01064     Document Type: Article

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