The Maritime Continent and its role in the global climate: A GCM study

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 834-848

  Neale, Richard ^a   Slingo, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR DETECTION; HEATING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOLUTION;

EID: 0038288165     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0834:TMCAIR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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