Simulation of the Asian summer monsoons of 1987 and 1988 with a regional model nested in a global GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1965-1979

  Yimin, J I ^a,b   Vernekar, Anandu D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SIMULATION; WIND;

MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0031210069     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1965:sotasm>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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