Precipitation diurnal cycle and summer climatology assessment over South America: An evaluation of Regional Climate Model version 3 simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Da Rocha, Rosmeri P ^a   Morales, Carlos A ^a   Cuadra, Santiago V ^a   Ambrizzi, Tercio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORROSION PREVENTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TROPICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPLITUDE DIFFERENCE; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS; CLIMATE RESEARCH; CONVERGENCE ZONES; DIURNAL CYCLE; EXTRATROPICS; GLOBAL MODELS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; MODEL RESULTS; MOIST CONVECTION; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NCEP REANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RAINFALL DATA; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL SCALE; SCALE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TOPOGRAPHIC UPLIFT; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; WARMER AIR;

SIMULATORS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RAINFALL; SUMMER;

ANDES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650422498     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010212     Document Type: Article

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