Evaluation of dynamically downscaled ensemble climate simulations for Vietnam

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2450-2463

  Van Khiem, Mai ^a   Redmond, Grace ^b   McSweeney, Carol ^b   Thuc, Tran ^a  

^a Hydrology and Environment   (Viet Nam)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Model evaluation; PRECIS; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; RAIN;

CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MODEL EVALUATION; PRECIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HADLEY CELL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84901820463     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3851     Document Type: Article

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