A proxy for high-resolution regional reanalysis for the Southeast United States: Assessment of precipitation variability in dynamically downscaled reanalyses

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 2449-2466

  Stefanova, Lydia ^a   Misra, Vasubandhu ^a   Chan, Steven ^a,b,c   Griffin, Melissa ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a   Smith III, Thomas J ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal variability; Dynamical downscaling; Hydroclimate; Precipitation; Reanalysis; Seasonal variability; Southeast US

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEA BREEZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SQUALL LINE; SUMMER; THUNDERSTORM;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861817758     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1230-y     Document Type: Article

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