Regional climate model applications on sub-regional scales over the Indian monsoon region: The role of domain size on downscaling uncertainty

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Bhaskaran, B ^a   Ramachandran, A ^b   Jones, R ^a   Moufouma Okia, W ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; DAILY VARIATIONS; DOMAIN SIZE; DOWN-SCALING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; INDIAN MONSOON; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MODEL DOMAINS; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL MODEL; RIVER BASINS; SEASONAL MEAN; SUB-REGIONS; TIME-SCALES; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER BANK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861903463     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017956     Document Type: Article

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