Diagnostic metrics for evaluation of annual and diurnal cycles

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 941-955

  Wang, Bin ^a   Kim, Hyung Jin ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kitoh, Akio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

EID: 80052265113     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0877-0     Document Type: Article

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