Corrigendum: Evaluation of a regional climate modeling effort for the western United States using a superensemble from weather@home. [J. Climate, 28, (2015) (7470-7488)] DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00808.1;Evaluation of a regional climate modeling effort for the western United States using a superensemble from weather@home

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 7470-7488

  Li, Sihan ^a   Mote, Philip W ^a   Rupp, David E ^a   Vickers, Dean ^a   Mera, Roberto ^b   Allen, Myles ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Model evaluation; Performance; Ensembles; Regional models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; MODEL EVALUATION; OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT; PERFORMANCE; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947709586     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00808.1     Document Type: Erratum

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