Seasonal hydroclimate variability over North America in global and regional reanalyses and AMIP simulations: Varied representation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 815-837

  Nigam, Sumant ^a,b   Ruiz Barradas, Alfredo ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE SYSTEM; HYDROCLIMATE VARIABILITY; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645804175     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3635.1     Document Type: Article

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