Regional climate model simulation of the AMMA Special Observing Period #3 and the pre-Helene easterly wave

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 191-210

  Druyan, Leonard M ^a   Fulakeza, Matthew ^a   Lonergan, Patrick ^a   Noble, Erik ^b  

^a Center for Climate Systems Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; DOWNSCALING; EASTERLY WAVE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70349871402     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-009-0044-5     Document Type: Article

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