Arctic total water vapor: Comparison of regional climate simulations with observations, and simulated decadal trends

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-129

  Rinke, Annette ^a   Melsheimer, C ^b   Dethloff, K ^a   Heygster, G ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIOMETER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE DATA; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST SIBERIAN SEA;

EID: 65349098044     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM970.1     Document Type: Article

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