Model performance metrics and process diagnostics for boreal summer intraseasonal variability

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 48, Issue 5-6, 2017, Pages 1661-1683

  Neena, J M ^a,c   Waliser, Duane ^a,b   Jiang, Xianan ^a  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation; Multi model evaluation; Process oriented diagnostic metrics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84968615968     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3166-8     Document Type: Article

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