Diagnosing the global hydrological cycle from routine atmospheric analyses

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 535, 1996, Pages 1475-1499

  Dodd, James P ^a   James, Ian N ^b  

^a Psion PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Moisture transport; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL CYLCE; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030436360     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53501     Document Type: Article

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