A numerical simulation study of the Indian summer monsoon of 1994 using NCAR MM5

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1755-1775

  Bhaskar Rao, Dodla Venkata ^a   Ashok, Karumuri ^b   Yamagata, Toshio ^c  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13844294404     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.82.1755     Document Type: Article

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