Principal component analysis of observed and modeled diurnal rainfall in the maritime continent

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4662-4675

  Teo, Chee Kiat ^a   Koh, Tieh Yong ^b   Lo, Jeff Chun Fung ^a   Bhatt, Bhuwan Chandra ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diurnal effects; Land surface; Maritime Continent; Mesoscale processes; Principal components analysis; Rainfall; Sea ocean surface

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL EFFECTS; LAND SURFACE; MARITIME CONTINENT; MESOSCALE PROCESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS;

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; LANDFORMS; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COASTAL ZONE; DENSITY CURRENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; GRAVITY WAVE; HEAT FLUX; INSOLATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE;

EID: 80053168044     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4047.1     Document Type: Article

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