Vertical structure of humidity and temperature budget residuals over the Mississippi River basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D4, 1998, Pages 3741-3759

  Roads, J O ^a   Chen, S C ^a   Kanamitsu, M ^b   Juang, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; USA;

EID: 0032570526     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JD02759     Document Type: Article

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