Improved performance of simulated Japanese climate with a multi-model ensemble

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-254

  Ishizaki, Noriko N ^a   Takayabu, Izuru ^a   Oh'izumi, Mitsuo ^b   Sasaki, Hidetaka ^a   Dairaku, Koji ^c   Iizuka, Satoshi ^c   Kimura, Fujio ^d   Kusaka, Hiroyuki ^e   Adachi, Sachiho A ^d   Kurihara, Kazuo ^a   Murazaki, Kazuyo ^a   Tanaka, Kenji ^f  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84861953806     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-206     Document Type: Article

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