A comparison of Amazonian climate data with general circulation model simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2764-2773

  Culf, A D ^a   Fisch, G ^b   Lean, J ^c   Polcher, J ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centro Técnico Aerosparial   (Brazil)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

GENERAL CIRCULATION; PROGNOSTIC CLOUD SCHEMES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL;

EID: 0032216392     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2764:ACOACD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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