Intercomparison of the characteristic features of the southwest monsoon over India as reproduced in the mean monthly analyses and forecasts of some operational NWP centres during 1995

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 157-178

  Basu, B K ^a   Ramesh, K J ^a   Harathi, P A ^a  

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

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EID: 0033239710     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01030419     Document Type: Article

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