Comparison of precipitation observed over the continental United States to that simulated by a climate model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2233-2249

  Chen, Mingxuan ^a   Dickinson, Robert E ^a   Zeng, Xubin ^a   Hahmann, Andrea N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODEL; METHOD EVALUATION; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL INTENSITY;

USA;

EID: 0030356978     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2233:COPOOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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