Modelling the Asian summer monsoon rainfall and Eurasian winter/spring snow mass

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 552, 1998, Pages 2567-2596

  Dong, Buwen ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; General circulation model; Interannual variability; Land surface parametrization

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONALITY; SNOW COVER;

ASIA; INDIA;

EID: 0032452247     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55202     Document Type: Article

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