Regional Response of the NCAR CCM1 to Anomalous Surface Properties

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-288

  Sun, Wen Yih ^a   Bosilovich, Michael G ^a   Chern, Jiun Dar ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; GCM; SST; Surface interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004604410     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1997.8.3.271(A)     Document Type: Article

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