The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 4.0 and JULES Global Land 4.0 configurations

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 361-386

  Walters, D N ^a   Williams, K D ^a   Boutle, I A ^a   Bushell, A C ^a   Edwards, J M ^a   Field, P R ^a   Lock, A P ^a   Morcrette, C J ^a   Stratton, R A ^a   Wilkinson, J M ^a   Willett, M R ^a   Bellouin, N ^a,b   Bodas Salcedo, A ^a   Brooks, M E ^a   Copsey, D ^a   Earnshaw, P D ^a   Hardiman, S C ^a   Harris, C M ^a   Levine, R C ^a   Maclachlan, C ^a   Manners, J C ^a   Martin, G M ^a   Milton, S F ^a   Palmer, M D ^a   Roberts, M J ^a   Rodriguez J M ^a   Tennant, W J ^a   Vidale, P L ^b   more..

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND SURFACE; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84897625005     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-361-2014     Document Type: Article

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