A multimodel intercomparison of resolution effects on precipitation: simulations and theory

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2016, Pages 2205-2218

  Rauscher, Sara A ^a   O’Brien, Travis A ^b   Piani, Claudio ^c   Coppola, Erika ^d   Giorgi, Filippo ^d   Collins, William D ^b,e   Lawston, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS   (France)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Model resolution; Precipitation; Regional climate modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84975693097     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2959-5     Document Type: Article

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