Dynamical downscaling of IPSL-CM5 CMIP5 historical simulations over the Mediterranean: Benefits on the representation of regional surface winds and cyclogenesis

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 2497-2513

  Flaounas, Emmanouil ^a   Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Bastin, Sophie ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

CMIP5; CORDEX; Dynamical downscaling; HyMeX; MED CORDEX; Mediterranean cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; DOWNSCALING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84876884715     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1606-7     Document Type: Article

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