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Generation and transfer of internal variability in a regional climate model Cover

Generation and transfer of internal variability in a regional climate model

Tellus
Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.22485 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 22485 - 22485
Submitted on: Jul 29, 2013
Accepted on: Nov 20, 2013
Published on: Dec 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
East Asia,
COSMO,
cross-spectrum,
internal variability,
dynamical downscaling,
nesting,
double-nesting

© 2013 Thorsten Simon, Dinan Wang, Andreas Hense, Clemens Simmer, Christian Ohlwein, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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