Improve the simulation of western North Pacific summer monsoon in RegCM3 by suppressing convection

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 29-38

  Zou, Liwei ^a   Zhou, Tianjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUMMER; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84879147489     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-013-0255-7     Document Type: Article

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