High resolution regional climate model simulations for Germany: Part I-validation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 401-414

  Berg, Peter ^a,b   Wagner, Sven ^c   Kunstmann, Harald ^c   Schädler, Gerd ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CLM; Germany; High resolution; Precipitation; Regional climate modeling; Validation; WRF

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 84871918657     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1508-8     Document Type: Article

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