Effects of time step size on the simulation of tropical climate in NCAR-CAM3

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 689-704

  Mishra, Saroj K ^a,b   Sahany, Sandeep ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical core; Equatorial waves; Precipitation; Rainfall; Time step; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79960983921     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-0994-4     Document Type: Article

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