Dynamic downscaling of the North American monsoon with the NCEP-Scripps regional spectral model from the NCEP CFS global model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 653-673

  Chan, Steven C ^a   Misra, Vasubandhu ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Monsoons; Regional models; Seasonal variability; Spectral analysis models distribution

Indexed keywords

ANOMALIES; MONSOONS; REGIONAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS/MODELS/DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CONTROL; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79953775725     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3593.1     Document Type: Article

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