Evaluation of RSM-simulated precipitation during CEOP

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85 A, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 145-166

  Meinke, Insa ^a,b   Roads, J ^a   Kanamitsu, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 34248637873     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85a.145     Document Type: Article

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