Simulation of the North American monsoon by the NCAR CCM3 and its sensitivity to convection parameterization

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2851-2866

  Collier, J Craig ^a   Zhang, Guang J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONVECTION PARAMETERIZATION; DIURNAL CYCLE; MONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745949102     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3732.1     Document Type: Article

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