Climatology and predictability of the spatial coverage of 5-day rainfall over Indian subdivisions

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 443-453

  Dahale, S D ^a   Puranik, P V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Markov chains; Medium and extended range; Prediction; Skill score; Southwest monsoon; Spatial rainfall features; Steady state probabilities

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; MONSOON; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA;

EID: 0034732065     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(20000330)20:4<443::AID-JOC487>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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