Modeled Antarctic precipitation. Part I: Spatial and temporal variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-447

  Bromwich, David H ^a   Guo, Zhichang ^a   Bai, Lesheng ^a   Chen, Qiu Shi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

SNOW DRIFT; SURFACE SNOW ACCUMULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 1442340138     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0427:MAPPIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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