A skill score based evaluation of simulated Australian climate

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 181-190

  Watterson, Ian G ^a   Hirst, Anthony C ^a   Rotstayn, Leon D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84882423721     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6301.011     Document Type: Article

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