Representation of topography in spectral climate models and its effect on simulated precipitation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2641-2659

  Lindberg, Craig ^a,b   Broccoli, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODEL; PRECIPITATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030411229     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2641:ROTISC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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