The sensitivity of the tropical circulation and Maritime Continent precipitation to climate model resolution

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2455-2468

  Schiemann, R ^a   Demory, M E ^a   Mizielinski, M S ^b   Roberts, M J ^b   Shaffrey, L C ^a   Strachan, J ^a   Vidale, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Climate model bias; Coastal tiling; GCM; Maritime Continent; Precipitation; Resolution; Walker circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; HADLEY CELL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WALKER CIRCULATION;

SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84899937903     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1997-0     Document Type: Article

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