WCRP COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX): A diagnostic MIP for CMIP6

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 4087-4095

  Gutowski, J William ^a   Giorgi, Filippo ^b   Timbal, Bertrand ^c   Frigon, Anne ^d   Jacob, Daniela ^e   Kang, Hyun Suk ^f   Raghavan, Krishnan ^g   Lee, Boram ^h   Lennard, Christopher ⁱ   Nikulin, Grigory ^j   O'Rourke, Eleanor ^j,n   Rixen, Michel ^h   Solman, Silvina ^k   Stephenson, Tannecia ^l   Tangang, Fredolin ^m  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^d OURANOS   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^h WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^j SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^m UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

ⁿ MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

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EID: 84996848204     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-9-4087-2016     Document Type: Article

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