Precipitation Sensitivity to Surface Heat Fluxes over North America in Reanalysis and Model Data

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 722-743

  Berg, Alexis ^a,b   Findell, Kirsten ^b   Lintner, Benjamin R ^a   Gentine, Pierre ^c   Kerr, Christopher ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE FLUX; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84881505634     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0111.1     Document Type: Article

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