Global-to-regional nested grid climate simulations in the GFDL high resolution atmospheric model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4890-4910

  Harris, Lucas M ^a   Lin, Shian Jiann ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Grid systems; Model evaluation performance; Multigrid models; Numerical analysis modeling; Regional effects

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMMUNICATION;

GRID SYSTEMS; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; MULTI-GRID MODEL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; REGIONAL EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84903384920     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00596.1     Document Type: Article

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