Effect of horizontal resolution on the simulation of Asian summer monsoons using the MRI GCM-II

Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-80

  Chandrasekar, A ^a,b   Bhaskar Rao, D V ^a,c   Kitoh, Akio ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODELING; MONSOON;

CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; RESOLUTION;

ASIA;

EID: 0342614978     PISSN: 0031126X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2467/mripapers.50.65     Document Type: Article

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