GCM simulations of the climate in the central United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1016-1031

  Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a   Liang, Xin Zhong ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; CONTROL SIMULATIONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744384268     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3309.1     Document Type: Article

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