Evaluation of polar MM5 simulations of Antarctic atmospheric circulation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 384-411

  Guo, Zhichang ^a,b   Bromwich, David H ^a,b   Cassano, John J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

WEATHER STATIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; POLAR METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0038300273     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0384:EOPMSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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