Role of land surface processes in monsoon development: East Asia and West Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Xue, Yongkang ^a   Juang, H M H ^b   Li, W P ^a   Prince, S ^c   DeFries, R ^c   Jiao, Y ^d   Vasic, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Land surface; Monsoon; SSiB

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 2642587320     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003556     Document Type: Article

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