Intensity of hydrological cycles in warmer climates

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2419-2423

  Yang, Fanglin ^a   Kumar, Arun ^b   Schlesinger, Michael E ^c   Wang, Wanqiu ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

RADIATIVE HEATING;

HYDROLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042890456     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2779.1     Document Type: Article

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