Summertime maximum and minimum temperature coupling asymmetry over Australia determined using WRF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1546-1552

  Hirsch, A L ^a   Pitman, A J ^a   Seneviratne, S I ^b   Evans, J P ^a   Haverd, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

coupling strength; GLACE; land atmosphere interactions; perturbed physics; regional climate modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COUPLING STRENGTHS; GLACE; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ASYMMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84895103945     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL059055     Document Type: Article

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