Improved forecasts of the diural cycle in the tropics using multiple global models. Part II: Asian summer monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4045-4067

  Chakraborty, Arindam ^a   Krishnamurti, T N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ERRORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING;

AMPLITUDE ERRORS; ASIAN MONSOON; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; CIRCULATION LOOPS; CLOUD COVERS; CLOUD PARAMETERIZATION; DIURNAL CIRCULATION; DIURNAL CYCLING; FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY; GLOBAL MODELING; GLOBAL SPECTRAL MODEL; LOCAL SOLAR TIME; MULTI MODELING; RATE OF CHANGE; TIME SCALING; TOTAL KINETIC ENERGY; VELOCITY POTENTIALS; VERTICAL PRESSURE;

FORECASTING;

CIRCULATION; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 53649095045     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2107.1     Document Type: Article

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