Potential predictability and extended range prediction of Indian summer monsoon breaks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Goswami, B N ^a   Xavier, Prince K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; FORECASTING; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MONSOON BREAKS; ACTIVE CONDITIONS; AGRICULTURAL PLANNING; CIRCULATION DATUM; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; PREDICTABILITY LIMIT;

GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

MONSOON; PREDICTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0347542664     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017810     Document Type: Article

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