Hydrometeorological response of the modeled North American monsoon to convective parameterization

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-250

  Gochis, David J ^a   Shuttleworth, W James ^a   Yang, Zong Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF;

EID: 0037593913     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)4<235:HROTMN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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