Dynamical downscaling with reinitializations: A method to generate finescale climate datasets suitable for impact studies

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1159-1174

  Lucas Picher, Philippe ^a,b   Boberg, Fredrik ^b   Christensen, Jens H ^b   Berg, Peter ^c,d  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84883755790     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-063.1     Document Type: Article

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