A fine-mesh land approach for general circulation models and its impact on regional climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1634-1646

  Hahmann, A N ^a   Dickinson, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035297924     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<1634:AFMLAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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