Evaluation of large-scale meteorological patterns associated with temperature extremes in the NARCCAP regional climate model simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 3257-3274

  Loikith, Paul C ^a   Waliser, Duane E ^a,b   Lee, Huikyo ^a   Neelin, J David ^c   Lintner, Benjamin R ^d   McGinnis, Seth ^e   Mearns, Linda O ^e   Kim, Jinwon ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Large scale meteorological patterns; Model evaluation; North America; Regional climate modeling; Temperature extremes

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GEOPOTENTIAL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METEOROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

CALIFORNIA; CHICAGO; HOUSTON; ILLINOIS; OHIO VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947491012     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2537-x     Document Type: Article

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