Dynamical downscaling of CMIP5 global circulation models over CORDEX-Africa with COSMO-CLM: evaluation over the present climate and analysis of the added value

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2637-2661

  Dosio, Alessandro ^a   Panitz, Hans Jürgen ^b   Schubert Frisius, Martina ^c   Lüthi, Daniel ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Added value; CMIP5 GCMs; CORDEX Africa; COSMO CLM regional climate model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939777107     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2262-x     Document Type: Article

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