RegCM4 in climate simulation over CORDEX-MENA/Arab domain: Selection of suitable domain, convection and land-surface schemes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 236-251

  Almazroui, Mansour ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CORDEX; MENA region; Rainfall; RegCM4 configuration; Suitable domain; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CORDEX; MENA REGION; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; REGCM4 CONFIGURATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; SUITABLE DOMAIN; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;

MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84958059282     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4340     Document Type: Article

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