A GCM-based assessment of the global moisture budget and the role of land-surface moisture reservoirs in processing precipitation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-29

  Arora, V K ^a   Boer, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET;

EID: 0036867292     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-002-0274-4     Document Type: Article

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