Regional simulation of interannual variability over South America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages LBA-3-1-LBA-3-16

  Misra, V ^a   Dirmeyer, P A ^a   Kirtman, B P ^a   Juang, H M H ^b   Kanamitsu, M ^c  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1836 Hydrology: Hydrologic budget (1655); 3309 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Climatology (1620); 3354 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Precipitation (1854); 3374 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE; EVAPORATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MOISTURE FLUX;

AMAZON BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448951271     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900216     Document Type: Article

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