RCCM2-BATS model over tropical South America: Applications to tropical deforestation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1944-1964

  Hahmann, Andrea N ^a   Dickinson, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS; DEFORESTATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 0031211560     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1944:RBMOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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