Does dynamical downscaling introduce novel information in climate model simulations of precipitation change over a complex topography region?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1572-1578

  Tselioudis, George ^a,b   Douvis, Costas ^a   Zerefos, Christos ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Added value; Complex topography; Dynamical downscaling; Precipitation change; Regional climate models

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

GREECE;

EID: 84864146345     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2360     Document Type: Article

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