The NCEP-NCAR, NCEP-DOE, and TRMM tropical atmosphere hydrologic cycles

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 826-840

  Roads, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 0345149258     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<0826:TNNATT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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