Diurnal cycle of the north american monsoon in a mesoscale model simulation: Evolution of key parameters in relation to precipitation

Atmosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Guan, Bin ^a   Zheng, Weizhong ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle; Mesoscale model; North American monsoon; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

DIURNAL CYCLE; KEY PARAMETERS; MESO-SCALE MODELS; MESOSCALE MODEL SIMULATION; NORTH AMERICAN; STATIC INSTABILITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

LASERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 84874544549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos2020057     Document Type: Article

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