Precipitation characteristics in eighteen coupled climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4605-4630

  Dai, Aiguo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL CYCLE; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646451521     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3884.1     Document Type: Article

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