The atmospheric component of the Mediterranean Sea water budget in a WRF multi-physics ensemble and observations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2349-2375

  Di Luca, Alejandro ^a,b   Flaounas, Emmanouil ^a   Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Brossier, Cindy Lebeaupin ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Cumulus; Evaporation; Parameterizations; Planetary boundary layer; Precipitation; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893170437     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2058-z     Document Type: Article

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