The influence of synoptic airflow on UK daily precipitation extremes. Part II: Regional climate model and E-OBS data validation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 287-301

  Maraun, Douglas ^a   Osborn, Timothy J ^b   Rust, Henning W ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Extreme precipitation; Extreme value statistics; Model validation; Regional climate model; Synoptic airflow; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862991337     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1176-0     Document Type: Article

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