Extreme daily rainfall events and their impact on ensemble forecasts of the Indian monsoon

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1954-1966

  Stephenson, D B ^a,c   Rupa Kumar, K ^a   Doblas Reyes, F J ^a   Royer, J F ^a   Chauvin, F ^a   Pezzulli, S ^b  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA;

EID: 0343314911     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1954:EDREAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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