A numerical study of early summer regional climate and weather over LSA-East. Part I: Model implementation and verification

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 8 PART 2, 2003, Pages 1895-1909

  Zhang, Da Lin ^a   Zheng, Wei Zhong ^a   Xue, Yong Kang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SOILS; VEGETATION; WIND EFFECTS;

DECOUPLING SOILS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141571567     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175//2572.1     Document Type: Article

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