Simulation of the intraseasonal variance of the South American summer monsoon

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 663-676

  Misra, Vasubandhu ^a  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADIATION EFFECTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (AGCM); CENTER FOR OCEAN-LAND-ATMOSPHERE STUDIES (COLA); DIURNAL VARIATION; REGIONAL SPECTRUM MODEL (RDM);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLA;

EID: 17044387703     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-2877.1     Document Type: Article

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