A sensitivity study of high-resolution regional climate simulations to three land surface models over the western United States

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7271-7291

  Chen, Feng ^a,b   Liu, Changhai ^b   Dudhia, Jimy ^b   Chen, Ming ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SNOW; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; SENSITIVITY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WRF;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84904768103     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021827     Document Type: Article

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