Hot and cool summers: Multiple equilibria of the continental water cycle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  D'Andrea, Fabio ^a   Provenzale, Antonello ^b   Vautard, Robert ^c   De Noblet Ducourdré, Nathalie ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTINENTAL WATER CYCLE; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 34548043722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027972     Document Type: Article

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