Influence of initial conditions on summer precipitation simulations over the United States and Mexico

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3640-3658

  Mo, Kingtse C ^a   Schemm, J E ^a   Kim, H ^a   Higgins, W R ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INITIAL CONDITIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE CONDITIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

EID: 33748326010     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3795.1     Document Type: Article

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