The simulation of the Asian summer monsoon, and its sensitivity to horizontal resolution, in the UK Meteorological Office Unified Model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 557, 1999, Pages 1499-1525

  Martin, G M ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Horizontal resolution; Unified Model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; RESOLUTION;

EID: 0032746890     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55702     Document Type: Article

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