Precipitation in the EURO-CORDEX 0.11∘ and 0.44∘ simulations: high resolution, high benefits?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 383-412

  Prein, A F ^a   Gobiet, A ^b   Truhetz, H ^c   Keuler, K ^d   Goergen, K ^e   Teichmann, C ^f   Fox Maule, C ^g   van Meijgaard, E ^h   Deque M ⁱ   Nikulin, G ^j   Vautard, R ^k   Colette, A ^l   Kjellstrom E ^j   Jacob, D ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Zentralanstalt fr Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG)   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^g DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^h ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

ⁱ CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^j SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k DIF   (France)

^l INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

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Author keywords

Added value; EURO CORDEX; Extremes; High resolution; Precipitation; Regional climate modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955673661     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2589-y     Document Type: Article

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