An observation-based investigation of nudging in WRF for downscaling surface climate information to 12-km grid spacing

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-33

  Bullock Jr , O Russell ^a   Alapaty, Kiran ^a   Herwehe, Jerold A ^a   Mallard, Megan S ^a   Otte, Tanya L ^a   Gilliam, Robert C ^a   Nolte, Christopher G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PRECIPITATION DATA; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBANIZATION; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84892775924     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-030.1     Document Type: Article

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