The resolution sensitivity of the South Asian monsoon and Indo-Pacific in a global 0.35° AGCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 807-831

  Johnson, Stephanie J ^a   Levine, Richard C ^b   Turner, Andrew G ^a   Martin, Gill M ^b   Woolnough, Steven J ^a   Schiemann, Reinhard ^a   Mizielinski, Matthew S ^b   Roberts, Malcolm J ^b   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^a   Demory, Marie Estelle ^a   Strachan, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African highlands; Asian monsoon; High resolution; Maritime Continent; Monsoon depressions; Orography

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DATA SET; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINBAND; REGIONAL PATTERN; WIND VELOCITY;

EAST AFRICA; INDIA; INDOCHINA;

EID: 84957432695     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2614-1     Document Type: Article

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