On the relationship between uncertainties in tropical divergence and the hydrological cycle in global models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 381-391

  Hagos, Samson ^a   Leung, L Ruby ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GLOBAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; IN-SITU SOUNDING; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE;

CLIMATE MODELS; TROPICS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856970550     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00058.1     Document Type: Article

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