Correcting precipitation feature location in general circulation models

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13,350-13,369

  Levy, Adam A L ^a   Jenkinson, Mark ^b   Ingram, William ^a,c   Allen, Myles ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIMULATION;

EID: 84919608061     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022357     Document Type: Article

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