TopoSUB: A tool for efficient large area numerical modelling in complex topography at sub-grid scales

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1245-1257

  Fiddes, J ^a   Gruber, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MOUNTAIN; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879237362     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-5-1245-2012     Document Type: Article

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