Impact of land surface conditions on 2004 north american monsoon in gcm experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-305

  Feng, X ^a   Bosilovich, M ^b   Houser, P ^a   Chern, J D ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FEEDBACK; HEAT FLUX; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER INSTABILITY; FINITE VOLUME GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; LAND SURFACE MODELING; MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCES; NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON SYSTEMS;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRESSURE EFFECT; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84884860219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018805     Document Type: Article

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