Optimal nudging strategies in regional climate modelling: Investigation in a Big-Brother experiment over the European and Mediterranean regions

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 2451-2470

  Omrani, Hiba ^a   Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Dubos, Thomas ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Big Brother experiment; Dynamical downscaling; Internal variability; Optimal nudging; Regional climate modelling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; SURFACE WIND; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84886722359     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1615-6     Document Type: Article

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