Monsoon regimes and processes in CCSM4. Part II: African and American monsoon systems

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2609-2621

  Cook, Kerry H ^a   Meehl, Gerald A ^b   Arblaster, Julie M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate models; Coupled models; General circulation models; Model evaluation performance

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECTS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; EAST AFRICANS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL TROPICS; GULF OF GUINEA; MODEL EVALUATION; MONSOON RAINFALL; MONSOON REGIMES; MONSOON SYSTEM; NORTH AMERICAN; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINY SEASONS; TROPICAL EASTERLY JET; TWO-PART SERIES; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; RAIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST AFRICA; GULF OF GUINEA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84860011291     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00185.1     Document Type: Article

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