WRF high resolution simulation of Iberian mean and extreme precipitation climate

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2591-2608

  Cardoso, R M ^a   Soares, P M M ^a   Miranda, P M A ^a   Belo Pereira, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climatology; ERA Interim; Gridded observations; High resolution; Iberian Peninsula; Precipitation; Regional climate modelling; WRF

Indexed keywords

ERA INTERIMS; GRIDDED OBSERVATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; WRF;

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TIMESCALE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84870784201     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3616     Document Type: Article

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