A review on regional dynamical downscaling in intraseasonal to seasonal simulation/prediction and major factors that affect downscaling ability

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 147-148, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-85

  Xue, Yongkang ^a   Janjic, Zavisa ^b   Dudhia, Jimy ^c   Vasic, Ratko ^b   De Sales, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic downscaling; Regional climate models

Indexed keywords

VEGETATION;

DYNAMIC DOWNSCALING; DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84901387095     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.05.001     Document Type: Review

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