How good are the simulations of tropical SST-rainfall relationship by IPCC AR4 atmospheric and coupled models?

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 595-610

  Rajendran, K ^a   Nanjundiah, Ravi S ^b   Gadgil, Sulochana ^b   Srinivasan, J ^b  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

AGCMs; CGCMs; Local and remote impacts; Rainfall; SST

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MONSOON; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL REGION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863091525     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0185-7     Document Type: Article

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