Resolved complex coastlines and land-sea contrasts in a high-resolution regional climate model: A comparative study using prescribed and modelled SSTs

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tian, Tian ^a   Boberg, Fredrik ^a   Christensen, Ole BøSsing ^a   Christensen, Jens Hesselbjerg ^a   She, Jun ^a   Vihma, Timo ^b  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Danish coasts; RCM; Sea ice; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL WATER; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; DENMARK; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84904906543     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19951     Document Type: Article

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