Global 60 km simulations with CCAM: Evaluation over the tropics

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 637-654

  Nguyen, Kim C ^a   Katzfey, Jack J ^a   McGregor, John L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias corrected SST; Downscaling; ITCZ; Regional climate model; SPCZ

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

EID: 84864392971     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1197-8     Document Type: Article

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