Using an ultrahigh-resolution regional climate model to predict local climatology

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 677, 2013, Pages 1964-1976

  Wang, Changgui ^a   Jones, Richard ^a   Perry, Matthew ^a   Johnson, Catrina ^a   Clark, Peter ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change impact; Local climate model; Local climatology; Mesoscale climate; Regional climate modelling; Ultrahigh resolution climate modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (EIA); LOCAL CLIMATE MODEL; MESOSCALE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890180516     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2081     Document Type: Article

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