Diurnal cycle of precipitation in the NASA Seasonal to Interannual Prediction Project atmospheric general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Lee, Myong In ^a,b   Schubert, Siegfried D ^b   Suarez, Max J ^b   Bell, Thomas L ^b   Kim, Kyu Myong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

EID: 35349031229     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008346     Document Type: Article

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