Convection suppression criteria applied to the MIT cumulus parameterization scheme for simulating the Asian summer monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Chow, K C ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Pal, Jeremy S ^b   Giorgi, Filippo ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; VORTICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 34548039009     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028026     Document Type: Article

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