Evaluation of the annual cycle of precipitation over the United States in GCMs: AMIP simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1041-1055

  Boyle, James S ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; GCM; PRECIPITATION;

USA;

EID: 0031671106     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1041:EOTACO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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