A simple regional coupled model experiment for summer-time climate simulation over southern Africa

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 2207-2217

  Ratnam, J V ^a,b   Behera, S K ^a,b   Masumoto, Y ^a   Takahashi, K ^b,c   Yamagata, T ^b,d  

^a Institute for Global Change Research   (Japan)

^b Application Laboratory   (Japan)

^c Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mixed layer ocean model; Southern Africa; WRF

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZONAL WIND;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84868153752     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1190-2     Document Type: Article

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