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Identifying added value in high-resolution climate simulations over Scandinavia

Tellus
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.24941 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 24941 - 24941
Submitted on: May 15, 2014
Accepted on: Dec 18, 2014
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
regional climate modelling,
HIRHAM,
WRF,
validation,
extreme precipitation,
hydrology needs

© 2015 Stephanie Mayer, Cathrine Fox Maule, Stefan Sobolowski, Ole Bøssing Christensen, Hjalte Jomo Danielsen Sørup, Maria Antonia Sunyer, Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Idar Barstad, published by Stockholm University Press
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