Numerical simulation of the 1993 midwestern flood: Land-atmosphere interactions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 II, 1999, Pages 1490-1505

  Bosilovich, Michael G ^a,b   Sun, Wen Yih ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; PURDUE REGIONAL MODEL;

FLOODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOOD; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032845176     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1490:nsotmf>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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