NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Collections About News Help Login
Back to Results
Intercomparison of hydrologic processes in global climate modelsIn this report, we address the intercomparison of precipitation (P), evaporation (E), and surface hydrologic forcing (P-E) for 23 Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) general circulation models (GCM's) including relevant observations, over a variety of spatial and temporal scales. The intercomparison includes global and hemispheric means, latitudinal profiles, selected area means for the tropics and extratropics, ocean and land, respectively. In addition, we have computed anomaly pattern correlations among models and observations for different seasons, harmonic analysis for annual and semiannual cycles, and rain-rate frequency distribution. We also compare the joint influence of temperature and precipitation on local climate using the Koeppen climate classification scheme.
Document ID
19950019921
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Lau, W. K.-M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Sud, Y. C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kim, J.-H. (Applied Research Corp. Landover, MD., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1995
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-104617
NAS 1.15:104617
Accession Number
95N26341
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

Related Records

There are no records associated with this record.
No Preview Available