Assessment of CMIP5 model simulations of the North American monsoon system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 8787-8801

  Geil, Kerrie L ^a   Serra, Yolande L ^a   Zeng, Xubin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

General circulation models; Model comparison; Model evaluation performance; Monsoons; Rainfall; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; MONSOONS; SEASONAL CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; RAIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOPOTENTIAL; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; WIND FIELD;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84888043645     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00044.1     Document Type: Article

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