Using a coupled lake model with WRF for dynamical downscaling

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7193-7208

  Mallard, Megan S ^a   Nolte, Christopher G ^a   Bullock, O Russell ^a   Spero, Tanya L ^a   Gula, Jonathan ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; ICE; LAKES;

DOWN-SCALING; FLAKE; LAKE MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; WRF;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84904751745     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021785     Document Type: Article

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