Middle East climate simulation and dominant precipitation processes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1671-1694

  Evans, Jason P ^a   Smith, Ronald B ^a   Oglesby, Robert J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Middle East; Precipitation; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CLIMATE MODEL; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 9744260334     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1084     Document Type: Article

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