Simulation of monsoon disturbances in the LMD GCM

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3752-3771

  Sabre, M ^a   Hodges, K ^b   Laval, K ^a   Polcher, J ^a   Desalmand F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b Environmental Systems Science Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MONSOON; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 0034531560     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<3752:SOMDIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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