Early prediction of onset of south west monsoon from ERS-1 scatter omet er winds

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-43

  Rao, U R ^a   Desai, P S ^a   Joshi, P C ^a   Pandey, P C ^a   Gohil, B S ^a   Simon, B ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Cross equatorial winds; Monsoon prediction; Ocean surface winds; Scatterometer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ERS-1; MONSOON; SCATTEROMETER; WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0031784762     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02842259     Document Type: Article

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