Effect of model resolution on a regional climate model simulation over southeast Australia

Climate Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-145

  Evans, Jason P ^a   McCabe, M F ^b,c  

^a Climate Futures Research Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Model resolution southeast Australia; Precipitation; Regional climate model; Weather research and forecasting; WRF

Indexed keywords

IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WRF;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; LASERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESEARCH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84878450422     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01151     Document Type: Article

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