On the need of intermediate complexity general circulation models: A "sPEEDY'' example

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-30

  Kucharski, Fred ^a   Molteni, Franco ^b   King, Martin P ^c   Farneti, Riccardo ^a   Kang, In Sik ^d   Feudale, Laura ^e  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e OSMER Osservatorio Meteorologico Regionale dell'ARPA Friuli Venezia Giulia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; COMPLEX GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRADUATE STUDENTS; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; SOFTWARE INSIGHT;

STUDENTS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84873481949     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00238.1     Document Type: Article

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