The value of high-resolution Met Office regional climate models in the simulation of multihourly precipitation extremes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6155-6174

  Chan, Steven C ^a,b   Kendon, Elizabeth J ^b   Fowler, Hayley J ^a   Blenkinsop, Stephen ^a   Roberts, Nigel M ^b   Ferro, Christopher A T ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION PERIODS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW SENSITIVITY; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING (RCM); REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84905918560     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00723.1     Document Type: Article

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