Identification of significant parameters for the prediction of pre-monsoon thunderstorms at Calcutta, India

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 673-681

  Ghosh, S ^a   Sen, P K ^a   De, U K ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Equivalent potential temperature; Principal component analysis; Saturated equivalent potential temperature

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; MONSOON; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THUNDERSTORM;

INDIA;

EID: 0032856627     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199905)19:6<673::AID-JOC384>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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