Characteristics of medium range rainfall forecasts of the Asian summer monsoon

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 627-637

  Ramesh, K J ^a   Iyengar, G R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Global spectral model (India); Medium range forecast; Monsoon rainfall characteristics; Monsoon rainfall prediction; Monsoon variability; Systematic errors

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; MONSOON; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA;

EID: 0032820154     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199905)19:6<627::AID-JOC374>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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