Evaluation of tropospheric water vapor simulations from the atmospheric model intercomparison project

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1648-1661

  Gaffen, Dian J ^a,d   Rosen, Richard D ^b   Salstein, David A ^b   Boyle, James S ^c  

^a NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Silver Spring   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

HUMIDITY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOUR;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031177695     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1648:EOTWVS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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