A characterization of tropical transient activity in the CAM3 atmospheric hydrologic cycle

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2222-2242

  Rasch, Philip J ^a   Stevens, Mark J ^a   Ricciardulli, Lucrezia ^b   Dai, Aiguo ^a   Negri, Andrew ^c   Wood, Robert ^d   Boville, Byron A ^a   Eaton, Brian ^a   Hack, James J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUXES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLOUD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 33745074947     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3752.1     Document Type: Article

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