Analysis of the West African Monsoon system in the regional climate model COSMO-CLM

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 481-493

  Kothe, S ^a   Luthi D ^b   Ahrens, B ^a,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Regional climate modelling; Surface albedo; West African monsoon

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE ALBEDO; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84887829940     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3702     Document Type: Article

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