The diurnal cycle and its depiction in the community climate system model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 930-951

  Dai, Aiguo ^a   Trenberth, Kevin E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CLOUDS; MOISTURE; PRESSURE; RAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

DIURNAL CYCLE; LOCAL SOLAR TIME (LST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE PRESSURE;

EID: 1842740306     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0930:TDCAID>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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