Soil-moisture memory in the regional climate model COSMO-CLM during the Indian summer monsoon season

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6144-6151

  Asharaf, Shakeel ^a   Ahrens, Bodo ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Constant greenhouse gases simulation; RCM; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONSTANT GREENHOUSE GASES SIMULATION; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; RAINFALL FORECASTING; RCM; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; AUTOCORRELATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 84880855573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50429     Document Type: Article

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