Climate simulation over CORDEX Africa domain using the fifth-generation Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM5)

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1415-1433

  Hernández Díaz, Leticia ^a   Laprise, René ^a   Sushama, Laxmi ^a   Martynov, Andrey ^a   Winger, Katja ^a   Dugas, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; CORDEX; Regional Climate Modelling; West African Monsoon

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 84874298386     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1387-z     Document Type: Article

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