Simulating the water balance of the Aral Sea with a coupled regional climate-lake model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6583-6602

  Small, Eric E ^a,d   Sloan, Lisa Cirbus ^a   Hostetler, Steven ^b   Giorgi, Filippo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COUPLING; LAKE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WATER BUDGET;

ARAL SEA;

EID: 0033608687     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02348     Document Type: Article

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