AMIP GCM simulations of precipitation variability over the Yangtze River Valley

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2116-2133

  Wang, Chenghai ^a   Liang, Xin Zhong ^b   Samel, Arthur N ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Asia; General circulation models; Precipitation; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANOMALIES; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECTS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; FORCINGS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LOW LEVEL JET; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SST ANOMALIES; UPWARD MOTION; YANGTZE RIVER;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); SOUTH CHINA SEA; YANGTZE VALLEY;

EID: 79958141018     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3631.1     Document Type: Article

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