Local regimes of atmospheric variability: A case study of Southern California

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4308-4325

  Conil, Sebastien ^a   Hall, Alex ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

GLOBAL SIMULATIONS; LOCAL ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; OBJECTIVE CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749079630     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3837.1     Document Type: Article

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